Add or Change the background of a document with pre-selected or custom colors, fill effects like gradient, texture, or patters, or use a picture.

Go to Word > Preferences > General > Personalize. Select Dark Mode has a white page color. In the ribbon, go to the View tab. Select Dark Mode. In the ribbon, go to the View tab. Select …

In the Colors box, either click the color you want on the Standard tab, or mix your own color on the Custom tab. Custom colors and colors on the Standard tab aren't updated if you later change …

Table Background Quickly apply a color or picture to the background of an entire table. Remove shading from a table Select the cells you want to change. To select an entire table, click in the …

Add or change a fill color Select the cells in which you want to add or change the fill color. On the Table Design tab, click the arrow next to Shading. Click the color you want from Theme Colors …

To change the theme, click on the menu for your Microsoft 365 application (Word, Excel, etc.) and select Preferences > General. Under the Personalize section you can configure your theme.

On the Page Layout tab in Excel or the Design tab in Word, click Colors, and then click Customize Colors. Click the button next to the theme color you want to change (for example, Accent 1 or …

To change the background color of your calendar, right-click the calendar, point to Color, and then pick the color you want. Have multiple calendars? You can set different colors for each one.

Shading words or paragraphs gives them a background color that updates when you switch to a different document theme. It's different from highlighting text, which has a very limited choice …

If you don't see the color that you want, choose More Colors, and then select a color on the Standard tab, or mix your own color on the Custom tab. To change the color, transparency, …