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See the License for the 20 * specific language governing permissions and limitations 21 * under the License. 22 * 23 ***********************************************************--> 24 25 26 27 28<meta> 29 <topic id="textswriterguidepagebackgroundxml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> 30 <title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">Changing Page Backgrounds</title> 31 <filename>/text/swriter/guide/pagebackground.xhp</filename> 32 </topic> 33 </meta> 34 <body> 35<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id8431653"><bookmark_value>page styles;backgrounds</bookmark_value> 36 <bookmark_value>backgrounds; different pages</bookmark_value> 37 <bookmark_value>changing;page backgrounds</bookmark_value> 38 <bookmark_value>pages;backgrounds</bookmark_value> 39</bookmark><comment>MW deleted "page backgrounds"</comment> 40<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN107F4" role="heading" level="1" l10n="NEW"><variable id="pagebackground"><link href="text/swriter/guide/pagebackground.xhp">Changing Page Background</link> 41</variable></paragraph> 42 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10812" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">$[officename] uses page styles to specify the background of the pages in a document. For example, to change the page background of one or more pages in a document to a watermark, you need to create a page style that uses the watermark background, and then apply the page style to the pages.</paragraph> 43 <section id="define"> 44 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10820" role="heading" level="2" l10n="NEW">To Change the Page Background</paragraph> 45 <list type="ordered"> 46 <listitem> 47 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10827" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Choose <emph>Format - Styles and Formatting</emph>.</paragraph> 48 </listitem> 49 <listitem> 50 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN1082F" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Click the <emph>Page Styles</emph> icon.</paragraph> 51 </listitem> 52 <listitem> 53 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10837" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">In the list of page styles, right-click an item, and then choose <emph>New</emph>.</paragraph> 54 </listitem> 55 <listitem> 56 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN1083F" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">On the <emph>Organizer</emph> tab page, type a name for the page style in the <emph>Name</emph> box.</paragraph> 57 </listitem> 58 <listitem> 59 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN1084B" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">In the <emph>Next Style</emph> box, select the page style that you want to apply to the next page.</paragraph> 60 </listitem> 61 </list> 62 63 64<list type="unordered"> 65<listitem> 66<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_idN10855" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">To only apply the new page style to a single page, select "Default".</paragraph> 67</listitem> 68<listitem> 69<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_idN10859" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">To apply the new page style to all subsequent pages, select the name of the new page style.</paragraph> 70</listitem> 71</list> 72 73 74 75 <list type="ordered" startwith="6"> 76 <listitem> 77 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN1085F" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Click the <emph>Background</emph> tab.</paragraph> 78 </listitem> 79 <listitem> 80 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10867" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">In the list box at the top, select whether you want a solid color or a graphic. Then select your options from the tab page. </paragraph> 81 </listitem> 82 <listitem> 83 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN1086B" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Click <emph>OK</emph>.</paragraph> 84 </listitem> 85 </list> 86 </section> 87 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN1087A" role="heading" level="2" l10n="NEW">To Change the Page Background of All Pages in a Document</paragraph> 88 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN1087E" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">Before you begin, ensure that you have created a page style that uses a page background. See <link href="text/swriter/guide/pagebackground.xhp#define">To Change the Page Background</link> for details.</paragraph> 89 <list type="ordered"> 90 <listitem> 91 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10892" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Choose <emph>Format - Styles and Formatting</emph>.</paragraph> 92 </listitem> 93 <listitem> 94 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN1089A" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Click the <emph>Page Styles</emph> icon.</paragraph> 95 </listitem> 96 <listitem> 97 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN108A2" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Double-click the page style that uses the page background that you want to apply.</paragraph> 98 </listitem> 99 </list> 100 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN108A5" role="heading" level="2" l10n="NEW">To Use Different Page Backgrounds in the Same Document</paragraph> 101 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN108A9" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">Before you begin, ensure that you have created a page style that uses a page background. See <link href="text/swriter/guide/pagebackground.xhp#define">To Change the Page Background</link> for details.</paragraph> 102 <list type="ordered"> 103 <listitem> 104 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN108BD" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Click in front of the first character of the paragraph where you want to change the page background.</paragraph> 105 </listitem> 106 <listitem> 107 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN108C1" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Choose <emph>Insert - Manual Break</emph>.</paragraph> 108 </listitem> 109 <listitem> 110 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN108C9" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Select <emph>Page break</emph>.</paragraph> 111 </listitem> 112 <listitem> 113 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN108D1" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">In the <item type="menuitem">Style</item> box, select a page style that uses the page background.</paragraph> 114 </listitem> 115 </list> 116 117 118<list type="unordered"> 119<listitem> 120<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN108DB" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">To change the background of the current page only, select a page style where the Next Style option is set to "Default".</paragraph> 121</listitem> 122<listitem> 123<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_idN108DF" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">To change the background of the current and subsequent pages, select a page style where the Next Style option is set to the name of the page style.</paragraph> 124<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN108E2" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">If you want to change the page background later on in the document, repeat steps 1 to 3.</paragraph> 125</listitem> 126</list> 127 128 129 130 131 <list type="ordered" startwith="5"> 132 <listitem> 133 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN108E8" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Click <emph>OK</emph>.</paragraph> 134 </listitem> 135 </list> 136 <embed href="text/shared/00/00000004.xhp#related"/> 137 <embed href="text/swriter/guide/header_footer.xhp#header_footer"/> 138 <embed href="text/swriter/guide/change_header.xhp#change_header"/> 139 <embed href="text/swriter/guide/header_with_chapter.xhp#header_with_chapter"/> 140 <embed href="text/swriter/guide/header_with_line.xhp#header_with_line"/> 141 </body> 142</helpdocument> 143