Microsoft Word 2019 Step by Step, First Edition

9. Format document elements

In this chapter

• Format the page background

• Insert a background watermark

• Insert headers, footers, and page numbers

• Insert preformatted document parts

You have already explored some of the more common graphic elements you can add to a document, such as pictures, diagrams, and charts. These elements reinforce concepts or help make a document more visually appealing. You can also add other types of visual elements, such as document page backgrounds, which can be colors, textures, patterns, or pictures; and watermarks, which display text or an image behind the text on each page.

You can draw attention to specific information and add graphic appeal by incorporating preformatted document parts, also called building blocks ...