How To Add And Remove Background Color In Microsoft Word?

Microsoft Word is one of the most popular text editors, with support for a variety of formats and features that make it one of the best productivity applications for computers. Most users prefer Microsoft Word for their text editing, and rightly so with the host of other features, it provides like adding images and other multimedia and personalizing the text.

You can add a background color to the document as well, to make the document aesthetically pleasing, or if you are trying to emphasize the message with colors. This can come in very handy in all sorts of situations, and you can also remove the background if the situation calls for it.

How To Add Background Color In Microsoft Word?

On the latest versions of Microsoft Word, you can add visual elements like background elements like watermarks and background colors from the Design tab.

To remove the white background in Word and add background color, follow these steps:

1. Open Microsoft Word on your Windows device.
2. Go to the Design tab from the taskbar at the top.
3. Click on the Page color option.
4. Choose the color you want under Theme Colors or Standard Colors.
5. If you do not see the color you want, select More Colors, and then choose a color from the Colors
6. To add a gradient, texture, pattern, or picture, select Fill Effects, and then go to Gradient, Texture, Pattern, or Picture and select an option from the list provided.

How To Remove Background Color In Word?

To remove background color in Word, you need to do that from the same options.

1. Open Microsoft Word on your Windows device.
2. Go to the Design tab from the taskbar at the top.
3. Click on the Page color
4. Choose the No Color option from the drop-down menu.

Picture Editing In Microsoft Word; How To Remove Background From Images?

In Microsoft Word, when you insert images into your document, you may choose to keep only certain parts of the image that you insert. You don’t need to be an expert in image editing for this, as Microsoft Word lets you remove certain objects from the background of the image you just added.

Here, I shall mention the simple steps that you can follow to remove backgrounds in images in Microsoft Word.

1. Open the Microsoft Word document on your device.
2. Add the image that you wish to add to the document.
3. Click on the image to select it. Upon selecting, you should see a new Format tab added to the taskbar ribbon at the top. Switch to that tab.
4. Click on the Remove background button at the very left of the ribbon. Microsoft Word will detect the background automatically and highlight it in magenta color. Everything colored magenta will get removed from the image.

5. Word is not sophisticated enough like other dedicated photo editing apps, but it still does a decent job of detecting the background. However, you can make changes to the areas marked as background. You should now see a new “Background Removal” tab on the Ribbon with a few options: Mark Areas to Keep, Mark Areas to Remove, Discard All Changes, and Keep Changes.
6. Use the ‘Mark Areas to Keep’ and ‘Mark Areas to Remove’ tools to select the background accurately.

7. Click outside the image at any time to check your work. When you are satisfied with your image, click the “Keep Changes” button on the “Background Removal” tab to finalize your changes.

8. You should now have a clean, background-free image.

Wrapping Up

So there you have it. Now you know how to remove background color in Word using the steps provided above. Comment below if you found this useful, and to discuss further the same. Also, read how to bring dark mode in Microsoft Office applications.