Changing or removing the background of a text block

You can change or remove the background of a text block. For example, you can add a color or make the background transparent.

To change or remove the background of a text block:

1. Double-click the text block graphic of the text block in the Project Explorer. Alternatively, you can right-click the graphic and select Properties or right-click on the text block in the work-area and select Properties. The Properties ribbon is displayed.

   To select multiple text blocks, click the first text block, then press and hold the CTRL key while you click the other text blocks.

2. Click the Style ribbon.

3. In the Text Style group, use the Background list to select the background. To change the color setting, you can make the background transparent, select a predefined color, specify a custom color, or select an existing color. To make the background transparent, select Transparent. To select a predefined color, click one of the color samples displayed. To specify a custom color, select Custom and use the controls in the Color window to configure a custom color. To select an existing color, use the eyedropper to click-to-select a new color from an existing color on the current page in project.

The backgrounds of the text blocks you selected are changed.

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