Can I change the color of a Word template after I download it? It is showing like a picture.?

Question

I downloaded a nice cookbook template from Microsoft online. The template is in pastel colors and I would like to use it for holiday recipes, so I want to change the colors. Edit picture does not work, it stays as one object. How can the colors be modified?

Answer 1

Try this (assuming Word XP (2002) or an adjacent version):

1. Click the Format->Background menu item.
2. Select Printed Watermarks.

There you should find the answer to your question. The "watermark" is probably a simple colored graphic file. Note that "backgrounds" under MS Word are for Web documents, while "watermarks", even graphics files, are for printed ones. Not intuitive, but that's the way it is.

Hope that helps.

Answer 2

It's probably embedded in Header/Footer as a picture or background. Click View-Header/Footer. Then look to see if you can edit the background or whatever makes up that pattern.