Add or Change the background of a document with pre-selected or custom colors, fill effects like gradient, texture, or patters, or use a picture.

Apply Dark Mode to Word. Set the canvas and page colors to dark or light color theme.

In the Colors box, either click the color that you want on the Standard tab, or mix your own color on the Custom tab. Custom colors and colors on the Standard tab aren't updated if you later …

To change the theme, click on the menu for your Microsoft 365 application (Word, Excel, etc.) and select Preferences > General. Under the Personalize section you can configure your theme.

Shading words or paragraphs gives them a background color that updates when you switch to a different document theme. It's different from highlighting text, which has a very limited choice …

Table Background Quickly apply a color or picture to the background of an entire table. Remove shading from a table Select the cells you want to change. To select an entire table, click in the …

On the Page Layout tab in Excel or the Design tab in Word, click Colors, and then click Customize Colors. Click the button next to the theme color you want to change (for example, Accent 1 or …

Add or change a fill color Select the cells in which you want to add or change the fill color. On the Table Design tab, click the arrow next to Shading. Click the color you want from Theme Colors …

If you've added a background color or image to your document and you want to print it like that, be sure that the following setting is on: Go to File > Options. Select Display. Under Printing …

To change the background color of your calendar, right-click the calendar, point to Color, and then pick the color you want. Have multiple calendars? You can set different colors for each one.