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<title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">Defining Background Colors or Background Graphics</title>
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<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3149346"><bookmark_value>backgrounds; defining colors/pictures</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>colors; backgrounds</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>pictures; backgrounds</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>pages; backgrounds in all applications</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>watermarks</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>text, see also text documents, paragraphs and characters</bookmark_value>
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    <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153878" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="25">Choose <emph>Format - Page</emph>.</paragraph>
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    <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149581" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="26">On the <emph>Background</emph> tab page, select a background color or a background graphic.</paragraph>
    <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154097" role="note" l10n="U" oldref="27">In spreadsheets this background appears only in the print behind the cells not formatted elsewhere.</paragraph>
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   <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3156180" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="30"><link href="text/shared/01/05030600.xhp" name="Background tab page"><emph>Background</emph> tab page</link></paragraph>
   <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id2711569" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW"><link href="text/swriter/guide/background.xhp">Backgrounds in Text</link></paragraph>
   <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id8591570" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW"><link href="text/scalc/guide/background.xhp">Backgrounds in Spreadsheets</link></paragraph>
   
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