How to delete a background color in a Word document?

The fields in Word are used as predefined locations for data that can be changed in the document. For example, when you insert a page number in a document's Header or Footer, Word creates a field to insert the correct page number on each page.

There are many built-in Word fields, such as the current date, last saved date, file name, and number of words in a document.

By default, when you insert a field into the document, it will be filled with a background color (not blacked out). When you select the entire field, it will have both background color and black color.

It's helpful to dump the background color in the field so you can easily find the fields in your document. However, if you share documents with others or use them in a presentation . you should remove the background color so that you don't get confused. In the article below, Network Administrator will guide you. steps taken.

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First open the Word document file, then click on the File tab .

On the backstage interface, click Options.

At this time on the screen, the Word Options dialog box will appear. In this dialog box, click Advanced in the list of options in the left pane.

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Scroll down to Show document content to find Field Shading.

At the dropdow Field Shading menu you have options like Always, Never or When selected.

Select When selected means that when you move the cursor to any position, the field will be filled with a background color.

Selecting Never means that you do not want to fill in any fields.

Select Always if you want to fill all fields when the mouse pointer is in a certain position.

By default, the When selected option is selected. You can choose any option.

Then click OK to complete the process.

In the example below, we select the Never option.

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You can refer to some of the following articles:

8 tips or handling columns in Microsoft Word
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Enter the serial number and the automatic initial character MS Word

Good luck!

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Lesley Montoya

Update 25 May 2019

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