BACKGROUND MATERIAL

Now, let's do something about that white background!

If all you're going to do is view or present the flowchart on your computer -- and not print it -- click Format > Background > Fill Effects and pick a really cool background.

To print a flowchart with a background, however, you'll need to:

• Click View > Zoom > 80 percent and OK to make sure you can see the whole page.
• On the Drawing toolbar, click Autoshapes and a rectangle, and then draw a rectangle that covers the entire document. (Your flowchart now is hidden.)
• On the Drawing toolbar, click the paint can to select color, gradient, texture, and so on for the rectangle's background.
• Click the first icon on the Drawing toolbar. On some versions of Word, it's a blue A; on others, it's the word Draw. Click Arrange > Send to Back. (or, in this case, Send Backwards, which moves you back one layer.)
  
  This is what your chart might look like.
  
• Save your work.

Next: Inserting images.