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One one of my Pages docs I can change the background colour of one part of my document

One one of my Pages docs I can change the background colour of one part of my document but not another part. The Inspector only gives me the Arrange heading when I click on the one that doesn't work, on the one that does work it has a Style heading.


Posted on Sep 17, 2020 4:04 AM

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Posted on Sep 17, 2020 7:21 AM

lotsofquestions987 wrote:

One one of my Pages docs I can change the background colour of one part of my document but not another part.


Yes, you can do this. Divide your document into Sections (Insert > Section Break or Insert > Section).


Go to the Section that you want to have a different background color, and at Document > Section in the inspector pane on the right set the Background Fill:




SG

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Sep 17, 2020 7:21 AM in response to lotsofquestions987

lotsofquestions987 wrote:

One one of my Pages docs I can change the background colour of one part of my document but not another part.


Yes, you can do this. Divide your document into Sections (Insert > Section Break or Insert > Section).


Go to the Section that you want to have a different background color, and at Document > Section in the inspector pane on the right set the Background Fill:




SG

One one of my Pages docs I can change the background colour of one part of my document

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