Set background color

The following example shows you how to set document's background color.

import com.independentsoft.office.ExtendedBoolean;
import com.independentsoft.office.word.Background;
import com.independentsoft.office.word.Paragraph;
import com.independentsoft.office.word.Run;
import com.independentsoft.office.word.ThemeColor;
import com.independentsoft.office.word.WordDocument;

public class Example {

    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        try
        {
            WordDocument doc = new WordDocument();

            Run run1 = new Run();
            run1.addText("See background color!");

            Paragraph paragraph1 = new Paragraph();
            paragraph1.add(run1);

            doc.getBody().add(paragraph1);

            Background background = new Background();
            background.setThemeColor(ThemeColor.ACCENT_5);

            doc.setBackground(background);
            doc.getSettings().setDisplayBackgroundShape(ExtendedBoolean.TRUE);

            doc.save("c:\\test\\output.docx", true);
        }
        catch (Exception e)
        {
            System.out.println(e.getMessage());
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}

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