A vanilla background can get boring, and Google Docs is terribly bland. There are no times when you want to change the background color of a Google document to something that better suits the theme or mood of the content.?
The good news is that you can change the color of a google document! Most users don't know. It hides in plain sight and is missed by many.
Go to Google Drive and open a saved document or start a new one. Now go to File> Page setup .
In the Page Setup dialog, scroll down to Page Color . You can choose any color from the palette or explore more shades of color with a click on Custom… .
Hit OK twice to return to the Docs interface. You can see that the background color is now what you want it to be.
In the same dialog, you can also change the page orientation from Portrait to Landscape . And also, the paper size. You can also click the option for Default and change the first appearance of any new document from white to your choice of color.
Of course, anyone you share the document with will also see the custom background color.
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I find it soothing to use light pastel shades when I'm working on a creative writing project. For me, it's an easier way to add a bit of color psychology to my creative freedom. And sometimes convey the right meaning with the double whammy of color content.
What's wrong with you? Have you paid attention to the impact of color on your documents lately? Or has it always been white vanilla?
