Have you ever poured your heart and soul into absolutely awesome background in your word doc? Maybe you coloured it bright yellow, or purple, or ‘mother of pearl’?
It looks great on the screen, but when you print it… you can’t see it!
Did you know by default Microsoft Word 2007 that background colors and images are not printed?
It is easy to print them out though. Here is how:
- Open the file menu (the circle in the top left hand corner of the screen
- Click on "Word Options"
- Click on "Display" in the left hand menu
- Look in the "Printing options" section"
- Tick the "Print background colors and images" check box
- Click ok
How easy! Just a word of warning though… printing a bright yellow background on every page will not only cost you an arm and a leg in ink and toner, but will also require you and your colleagues to invest in sunglasses.
’till next time!
TNP 
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HI TNP – thanks for posting the instruction, I have been searching this answer for weeks! Thanks thanks thanks
The toggle for getting the background print was found rather quick and easy. What did disappoint me is the way background gradients are being print! In my document (intended to be used as a flyer) a simple 2 color gradient was chosen as a background. This was set using the option built into Word 2007. So one would expect to get what is seen on the screen.
Imagine the horror when I found out that the gradient was way off on the print! Instead of a single gradient it repeated it a couple of times, ruining the effect. What am I doing wrong?
Thankyou so much!! i have spent 2 and a half hours trying to print with a background, its the same on word 2010!! this has brightened my day immensely
thanks so much
xxx
THANKYOU SOOOO MUCH!! omg but for some reason, it shows in print preview but they are repeated in small blocks now instead of just one on the whole page!! for e.g. if i did horizontal gradient, it’d b all these small horizontal blocks as the background!! omg pls help!!
THANKYOU VERY MUCH, HELPED ME OUT LOADS!!!
Wow!Thanks!!!! TNP I’ve been working on Word 2010 for about an hour looking for the print background. Thanks again.
Shannon
tnx a lot,it really helps