If you want to add a gradient, texture, pattern, or picture, click Fill Effects.Click a color on the Theme Colors or Standard Colors palette.On the Message Options tab, in the Themes group, click Page Color.
I thought I would do a quick post to show you how to resolve this issue in case it happens to you…įirst click the body of the message, click on the Options menu then click Page Color then click the white box or whatever color you want the background to be.Īdd a background color, gradient, texture, pattern, or picture I could not type a (readable) message in my forward. Worse yet, the text font was the same color as the background. When I forwarded the message it automatically made my background this same color.
I found that the background was a dark green. I got an HTML email today that I had to forward to someone. Tagged How To / Office / Step-By-Step / Verified