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<h1 id="par_idN107F4"><variable id="pagebackground"><link href="text/swriter/guide/pagebackground.xhp">Changing Page Background</link></variable></h1>
<paragraph id="par_idN10812" role="paragraph">$[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>

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<h2 id="par_idN10820">To Change the Page Background</h2>

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  <listitem>
    <paragraph id="par_idN10827" role="listitem">Choose <menuitem>View - Styles</menuitem> <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC"><keycode>(Command+T)</keycode></caseinline><defaultinline><keycode>(F11)</keycode></defaultinline></switchinline>.</paragraph>
  </listitem>
  <listitem>
    <paragraph id="par_idN1082F" role="listitem">Click the <emph>Page Styles</emph> icon.</paragraph>
  </listitem>
  <listitem>
    <paragraph id="par_idN10837" role="listitem">In the list of page styles, right-click an item, and then choose <emph>New</emph>.</paragraph>
  </listitem>
  <listitem>
    <paragraph id="par_idN1083F" role="listitem">On the <emph>General</emph> tab page, type a name for the page style in the <emph>Name</emph> box.</paragraph>
  </listitem>
  <listitem>
    <paragraph id="par_idN1084B" role="listitem">In the <emph>Next Style</emph> box, select the page style that you want to apply to the next page.</paragraph>
  </listitem>
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  <listitem>
    <paragraph id="par_idN10855" role="listitem">To only apply the new page style to a single page, select "Default".</paragraph>
  </listitem>
  <listitem>
    <paragraph id="par_idN10859" role="listitem">To apply the new page style to all subsequent pages, select the name of the new page style.</paragraph>
  </listitem></list>

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  <listitem>
    <paragraph id="par_idN1085F" role="listitem">Click the <emph>Area</emph> tab.</paragraph>
  </listitem>
  <listitem>
    <paragraph id="par_idN10867" role="listitem">Select whether you want a solid color or a graphic. Then select your options from the tab page.</paragraph>
  </listitem>
  <listitem>
    <paragraph id="par_idN1086B" role="listitem">Click <emph>OK</emph>.</paragraph>
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<h2 id="par_idN1087A">To Change the Page Background of All Pages in a Document</h2>
<paragraph id="par_idN1087E" role="paragraph">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>

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  <listitem>
    <paragraph id="par_idN10892" role="listitem">Choose <menuitem>View - Styles</menuitem> <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC"><keycode>(Command+T)</keycode></caseinline><defaultinline><keycode>(F11)</keycode></defaultinline></switchinline>.</paragraph>
  </listitem>
  <listitem>
    <paragraph id="par_idN1089A" role="listitem">Click the <emph>Page Styles</emph> icon.</paragraph>
  </listitem>
  <listitem>
    <paragraph id="par_idN108A2" role="listitem">Double-click the page style that uses the page background that you want to apply.</paragraph>
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<h2 id="par_idN108A5">To Use Different Page Backgrounds in the Same Document</h2>
<paragraph id="par_idN108A9" role="paragraph">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>

<list type="ordered">
  <listitem>
    <paragraph id="par_idN108BD" role="listitem">Click in front of the first character of the paragraph where you want to change the page background.</paragraph>
  </listitem>
  <listitem>
    <paragraph id="par_idN108C1" role="listitem">Choose <menuitem>Insert - Manual Break</menuitem>.</paragraph>
  </listitem>
  <listitem>
    <paragraph id="par_idN108C9" role="listitem">Select <emph>Page break</emph>.</paragraph>
  </listitem>
  <listitem>
    <paragraph id="par_idN108D1" role="listitem">In the <menuitem>Style</menuitem> box, select a page style that uses the page background.</paragraph>
  </listitem>
</list>

<list type="unordered">
  <listitem>
    <paragraph id="par_idN108DB" role="paragraph">To change the background of the current page only, select a page style where the Next Style option is set to "Default".</paragraph>
  </listitem>
  <listitem>
    <paragraph id="par_idN108DF" role="listitem">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>
    <paragraph id="par_idN108E2" role="paragraph">If you want to change the page background later on in the document, repeat steps 1 to 3.</paragraph>
  </listitem></list>

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  <listitem>
    <paragraph id="par_idN108E8" role="listitem">Click <emph>OK</emph>.</paragraph>
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