DocumentBase.Background Property

Gets or sets a Shape that represents the background image for the specified document.

Namespace:  Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word
Assembly:  Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word.v4.0.Utilities (in Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word.v4.0.Utilities.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Property Background As Shape
    Get
    Set

public Shape Background { get; set; }

Property Value

Type: Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Shape
A Shape that represents the background image for the specified document.

Remarks

Backgrounds are visible only in Web layout view.

Examples

The following code example sets the background of the document to a picture. This example assumes that there is a file named Image.jpg at the root of the C directory. To use this example, run it from the ThisDocument class in a document-level project.

    Private Sub DocumentBackground()
        Me.ActiveWindow.View.Type = Word.WdViewType.wdWebView
        Me.Background.Fill.UserPicture("C:\Image.jpg")
    End Sub

private void DocumentBackground()
{
    this.ActiveWindow.View.Type = Word.WdViewType.wdWebView;
    this.Background.Fill.UserPicture("C:\\Image.jpg");
}

.NET Framework Security

• Full trust for the immediate caller. This member cannot be used by partially trusted code. For more information, see Using Libraries from Partially Trusted Code.

See Also

Reference

DocumentBase Class

Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word Namespace