Many publication designs purposely do not have a background color. That’s because for years few computer printers could print bleeds—in which color prints all the way to the edge of the page. Some color printers now can handle bleeds. If that applies in your case or if you’re sending the publication for commercial printing (or you don’t really care if your background doesn’t print all the way to the edges of the page), you can apply a background to your publication.

To apply or remove a background, select Format?Background. The Background task pane appears. You can display choices in a particular color range by clicking a color in the Apply a Background choices at the top of the task pane (Figure 32-11). Then click a specific background choice to apply in the More Colors list below. The publication immediately previews the background choice. To remove any applied background, click the white box with the X in it in the upper-left corner of the More Colors list.

FIGURE 32-11
Pump up your pages with a background color or pattern.

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