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<title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">Defining Background Colors or Background Graphics</title>
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<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="hd_id3149346" role="heading" level="1" l10n="U"><variable id="background"><link href="text/shared/guide/background.xhp" name="Defining Graphics or Colors in the Background of Pages (Watermark)">Defining Graphics or Colors in the Background of Pages (Watermark)</link>
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<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153878" role="listitem" l10n="U">Choose <emph>Format - Page</emph>.</paragraph>
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<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149581" role="listitem" l10n="U">On the <emph>Area</emph> tab page, select a background color or a background graphic.</paragraph>
<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154097" role="note" l10n="U">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"><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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