April 7, 2022

How to Set Background Picture for Microsoft Word

How to Set Background Picture for Microsoft Word

Microsoft Word has become one of the basic requirements in this digital world. Are you bored of the regular text in Word and wish to customize the document a little? How about setting a background picture for Word document? Yes, you can set a background picture for Microsoft Word. This article focuses on the methods to set a picture as background for either a page or for the entire document. Additionally, you will learn the answer to the question of how to insert picture as background in Word.

How to Set Background Picture for Microsoft Word

How to Set Background Picture for Microsoft Word

Below we have shown how to set background picture for Microsoft Word for entire document and single page.

Method 1: Set Background for Entire Document

Using the methods described in this section, you can set a background picture for Word document. The options let you set the same background for the entire word document.

Option I: Use Page Color Button

This option lets you set the picture as a Background for your entire Word document using the Page Color button.

1. Pritisnite tipko Windows tipka, tip besedain kliknite na Odprto.

open Microsoft word from windows search bar

2. Pojdi Oblikovanje tab in the Ribbon and click on the Barva strani button in the Page Background section.

go to design tab and select Page Color option in MS Word

3. Izberite možnost Fill Effects… v prikazanem meniju.

select Fill effects option in Page Color dropdown menu on MS Word

4. In the Fill Effects window, navigate to the Slika jeziček in kliknite na Select Picture… gumb.

select Picture in Picture tab in Fill Effects window on MS Word

5. Kliknite na Brskanje option next to From a file tab in the Insert Pictures window.

Opomba: You can also search for online pictures using the Bing Image Search or select the picture from your OneDrive.

click on Browse to insert pictures in MS Word

6. Browse for the file in the next window, select it and click on the Vstavi button. You will see the picture inserted as a background for the document.

insert a picture in MS Word

Option II: Use Watermark Button

You can set the picture as the background using the Watermark button. This button will treat your picture as a Watermark for the entire document.

1. Pritisnite Windows tipka, tip besedain kliknite na Odprto.

open Microsoft word from windows search bar

2. Pomaknite se na Oblikovanje tab in the Ribbon and click on the vodni žig button in the Page Background section.

select Watermark option in Design tab on MS Word

3. Izberite Custom Watermark… možnost v meniju, ki je na voljo.

select Custom Watermark in MS Word Watermark dropdown menu

4. In the Printed Watermark window, select the option Slikovni vodni žig in kliknite na Select Picture… gumb.

Opomba 1: You can set the scale of the picture using the drop-down menu in the Lestvica nastavitev.

Opomba 2: If you wish to have a more transparent Background image, you can select the Izpiranje option in the window.

select Picture Watermark in MS Word

5. Kliknite na Brskanje option next to From a file tab in the Insert Pictures window.

Opomba: You can also search for online pictures using the Bing Image Search or select the picture from your OneDrive.

click on Browse to insert pictures in MS Word

6. Browse for the image in the Insert Picture window, select the picture and click on the Vstavi gumb.

insert a picture in MS Word

7. Kliknite na Uporabi in nato OK buttons to set the image as your background.

click on Apply then OK to Select Picture

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Method 2: Set Background for Single Page

If you don’t like to have a uniform background picture for Word document, you can use the methods in this section. The options described in this method have the added advantage of customizing the background for individual pages. You can also have varying backgrounds on the same page. Also, you can resize the background-size manually, unlike the previous method, which has size restrictions.

Option I: Insert Picture

You can manually insert a picture on a page and make the text overlay the picture. This way the inserted picture will be treated as Background.

1. Odprite Microsoft beseda Iz Iskanje Windows bara.

open Microsoft word from windows search bar

2. Pojdi Vstavi zavihek na traku in kliknite na slike gumb.

click on insert tab and select Pictures option in MS Word

3. Browse for the picture in the Insert Picture window, select it and click on the Vstavi button to insert the picture on the page.

Opomba 1: You can browse for the picture in Windows Explorer, select it, and drag and drop it to the document manually to insert the image.

Opomba 2: You can browse for the picture in Windows Explorer manually, select it, copy it using the keys Ctrl + C and paste it into the document using the keys Ctrl+V to insert the image.

insert a picture in MS Word

4. Right-click on the image and move your cursor over the option Zavijanje besedila na seznamu.

Opomba: You can manually resize the image by adjusting the corners of the image on the page.

5. Izberite možnost Za besedilom in the list available to set the image as background.

right click on picture and select wrap text and click on Behind text on MS Word

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Option II: Customize Inserted Shape

You can insert a shape, alter its size and fill using this method. You can set the picture as the fill for the shape boundary and set the shape as the background for your page.

1. Kosilo Microsoft Word Iz Iskanje Windows bara.

open Microsoft word from windows search bar

2. Pomaknite se na Vstavi tab in the Ribbon, click on the Oblike button in the Illustrations section and select the pravokotnik shape in the list.

click on insert tab and select Shapes option in MS Word

3. Draw a Rectangle covering the entire page of the document manually.

insert rectangle shape in MS Word

4. Select the Rectangle, navigate to the oblikovana tab in the Ribbon, and click on the Izpolnite obliko button in the Shape Styles section.

Opomba: You can change the settings of the picture such as Brightness in the Format tab.

click on Format tab and click on Shape Fill option in MS Word

5. Izberite možnost Slika… na prikazanem seznamu.

select Picture option in Shape Fill dropdown menu on MS Word

6. Kliknite na Brskanje button next to the From a file tab in the Vstavi slike okno.

click on Browse to insert pictures in MS Word

7. Browse for the picture in the Insert Picture window, click on it and click on the Vstavi gumb.

insert a picture in MS Word

8. Right-click on the picture and select the option Zavijanje besedila V meniju.

9. Izberite možnost Za besedilom in the list displayed to set the picture as your background.

right click on picture and select wrap text and click on Behind text on MS Word

Pogosto zastavljena vprašanja (FAQ)

Q1. Can we insert a picture as a background for the Word document?

Ans. Da, you can insert a picture as a background for a page in the Word document. The detailed process is explained in this article.

Q2. How to set the same picture background for the entire Word document?

Ans. You can use the methods described in this article and set a picture as a uniform background for the entire document.

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