Normally, the background of a Word document in Office 2011 for Mac is white, but you can change the background color — and even apply document theme colors to it. You have to use Print Layout view in Word 2011 for Mac for this to work, so if you’re not already in Print Layout view, click the Print Layout view button at the lower-left corner of the document window to switch to it.
You can create a customized color scheme, also known as theme colors, in PowerPoint and use it in other Office applications. Find a standard theme color that you like, and then modify and save it in PowerPoint. The next time that you create a new PowerPoint presentation, Word document, or Excel workbook, you can use the theme color that you. Choose from thousands of free Microsoft Office templates for every event or occasion. Jump start your school, work, or family project and save time with a professionally designed Word, Excel, PowerPoint template that’s a perfect fit.
When you modify the background in Print Layout view, Word 2011 for Mac can convert it into Notebook Layout view and Publishing Layout view. Three formatting tools are in the Page Background group of the Ribbon’s Layout tab:
- Color: Click to display the color palette. Color formats the background layer that’s furthest to the back.
- Watermark: Above the background layer but still behind the text layer is a layer that you can use if you want to add a watermark. You can choose from two watermark types, Picture and Text.
- Borders: Displays the Page Border tab of the Borders and Shadings dialog. This dialog is a creative person’s playground for customizing borders.
- Setting: Choose from None, Box, Shadow, 3-D, or Custom.
- Custom: Use the Interactive Preview to choose which edge(s) to apply or remove a border.
- Style: Choose a line style for your border.
- Color: Choose a color for your border.
- Width: Specify a width for your border.
- Art: Choose from an enormous variety of artwork.
- Apply To: Choose Whole Document or a section option.
- Options: Displays the Border and Shading options dialog that lets you adjust margin and placement of your border.
- Horizontal Line: Displays an Open dialog that lets you choose a picture of a line to use as your border’s line style.
You can create a customized color scheme, also known as theme colors, in PowerPoint and use it in other Office applications. Find a standard theme color that you like, and then modify and save it in PowerPoint. The next time that you create a new PowerPoint presentation, Word document, or Excel workbook, you can use the theme color that you created.
Newer versionsOffice 2011
Create a new theme color
- On the Design tab, click the arrow under Variants, and point to Colors.
- Click Customize Colors.
- Click a color box that you want to change. For example, Accent 1.
- Click a new color in the Colors dialog box.
- Repeat steps 3 and 4 for each color you want to change.
- Close the Colors dialog box.
- In the Name box, type a name for your custom theme color, and then click Save.The theme color is applied to the current presentation.
Apply your new theme color to a new document
- On the Design tab, click the arrow under Variants, point to Colors, and then click the name of the theme color you created.
Delete a custom theme color
- In the Mac OS X Finder, find your custom theme color in /Users/ Username/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/Office/User Templates/My Themes/Theme Colors.
- Drag the file with your custom theme color — for example, Custom 1.xml — to the Trash.Note: The deleted theme color remains in the Colors list on the Design tab until you quit and then reopen the Office applications.
Do any of the following:
Create a new theme color
- On the Themes tab, under Theme Options, click Colors, and then click Create Theme Colors.
- Click a color that you want to change, and then click Change Color.
- Click a color that you want, and then click OK.
- Repeat steps 2 and 3 for each color that you want to change.
- In the Name box, type a name for your custom theme color, and then click Apply to All.The theme color is applied to the current presentation.
![Word Word](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/media/service-dashboard-themes/power-bi-theme-gallery.png)
Apply your new theme color to a new document
- On the Themes tab, under Theme Options, click Colors, and then click the theme color that you created.
Delete a custom theme color
- In the Mac OS X Finder, find your custom theme color in /Users/ Username/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/Office/User Templates/My Themes/Theme Colors.
- Drag the file with your custom theme color — for example, Custom 1.xml — to the Trash.Note: The deleted theme color remains in the Colors list on the Themes tab until you quit and then reopen the Office applications.
![Theme Theme](https://www.indezine.com/products/powerpoint/learn/themes/images/applycolorsandfonts2008_01.jpg)