dear Richard

I've created a document with a blue "Page Color". But when I view the page in "Print Preview"(and print the page later), the background color turned out to be plain white, and not blue. Why is this so? Why is it that the printed page background is not blue as I intended? What has gone wrong?
Also, when I convert the page to PDF format, the page background is also plain white. Why is this so?

Appreciate your comments, thanks.

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Reply from Richard Rost:

Normally the page background color does NOT print. This is the default setting in Word. I guess Microsoft thinks that if you set a background color you just want to see that on the screen and not blow through tons of toner.

In any case, you can change the option by going to:

FILE (or Office Button in 2007) > Options > Display

Under the Print Options section, check "print background colors and images."

That ought to do it.