Select background color for a paragraph

Background color is applied to the whole paragraph.

To apply a background color to a certain paragraph or change the current one,

  1. select a color sheme for your document from the available ones clicking the Change Color Scheme Change Color Scheme icon at the top toolbar
  2. put the cursor within the paragraph you need, or select several paragraphs with the mouse or the whole text using the Ctrl+A key combination
  3. open the color palettes window clicking the color field next to the Background Color caption at the right sidebar

    Note: you can also access the color palettes window clicking the 'Show advanced settings' link at the right sidebar or selecting the 'Paragraph Advanced Settings' option in the right-click menu, then switching to the 'Borders & Fill' tab within the 'Paragraph - Advanced Settings' window and clicking the color field next to the Background Color caption.

  4. select any color in the available palettes

    Palette

    • Theme Colors - the colors that correspond to the selected color scheme of the document.
    • Standard Colors - the default colors set.
    • Custom Color - click this caption if there is no needed color in the available palettes. Select the necessary colors range moving the vertical color slider and set the specific color dragging the color picker within the large square color field. Once you select a color with the color picker, the appropriate RGB and sRGB color values will be displayed in the fields on the right. You can also specify a color on the base of the RGB color model entering the necessary numeric values into the R, G, B (red, green, blue) fields or enter the sRGB hexadecimal code into the field marked with the # sign. The selected color appears in the New preview box. If the object was previously filled with any custom color, this color is displayed in the Current box so you can compare the original and modified colors. When the color is specified, click the Add button:

      Palette - Custom Color

      The custom color will be applied to the paragraph and added to the Custom color palette.

To clear the background color of a certain paragraph,

  1. put the cursor within the paragraph you need, or select several paragraphs with the mouse or the whole text using the Ctrl+A key combination
  2. open the color palettes window clicking the color field next to the Background Color caption at the right sidebar
  3. select the No Fill icon.