

Then click “Fill” and choose a fill color.And choose “Format Shape” to open the same name box. Then drag it to draw a rectangle as large as the header area. Wait until your cursor turns into a plus sign.

Next choose “Rectangle” on the drop-down menu.Then click “Insert” and click “Shapes”.Double click on header to enter its editing mode.To achieve so, we will have to deploy some workarounds, such as follows: Method 1: Insert a Shape into Header or Footer

What if we want to set different background colors for these 3 parts? In this article, we plan to provide you 8 ways to set different background colors for header, footer, and main document in Word.īy default, to set a page color will make all parts of the document in the same background color, including the header, footer and main document.
