Outlook 2016 Intermediate/Advanced

Outlook 2016

Lesson - Formatting Outlook Messages

Close the Thesaurus task pane. Leave the Message window open.

C HANGING THE M ESSAGE B ACKGROUND C OLOR  D ISCUSSION You can change the background color of an HTML formatted e-mail message. For example, you may want to use the same background color for all messages related to a specific issue. Background colors add interest and variety to messages. If you select a dark background, change the text color to white so the text is readable.

The insertion point must be located in the message body to change the .

NOTE You can use a picture as a background by selecting the Fill Effects command from the Page Color submenu and selecting the Picture tab in the Fill Effects dialog box. When you select a picture file, the whole message background is filled with reproductions of the picture in its original size. Backgrounds from presentation software such as Microsoft PowerPoint can also be used as message backgrounds. Remove any background, including a picture, by selecting the Page Color button and selecting the No Color command.

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P ROCEDURES

1. Select the Options tab.

2. Select the Page Color button

in the Themes group.

3. Select the desired color.

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S TEP - BY -S TEP Change the background color of a message.

Go back to the message addressed to a fellow student with the subject Party .

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