How to Add a Background Image, Color and Effects to a Message in Outlook

If you are thinking about an eye catchy and attractive email for your recipient, then you search is near to end and a simple tools of Microsoft-Outlook makes it possible. By using of “Page Color” option, user can do amazing customization of emails for their recipients by adding images, textures, custom colors, patterns etc in background of message in Outlook.

Steps to add or insert background images or colors to a message in Outlook:

Step 1:

Compose a new email via clicking on the “New” button on Outlook.

Step 2:

In the new email, click on the “Page Color” option under the “Option” menu.

Step 3:

After click on the “Page Color” option, you will get a drop down menu with several options.

Choose the background as per your requirement such as:

• Theme Colors
• Standard Colors
• More Colors
• Fill Effects

Note: We can simply choose the colors from the first three “Colors” option and Outlook will set it as background of email. Due to this, further steps will be based on “Effects” option.

Step 4:

Click on the “Fill Effects” option and you will get a small pop-up window.

Step 5:

Select the Tab and use the effects on Outlook’s messages as per as need for background:

• Gradient
• Texture
• Pattern
• Picture

Step 6:

Click on the “Gradient” tab and you can add various effects such as transparency, shading styles and much more. Lastly click on the “Ok” button.

Step 7:

By Click on the “Texture” option, user can use various kinds of texture which are already exists in Outlook and also insert user defined texture. After inserting click on “Ok”.

Step 8:

Pattern option gives different types of pattern for background or foreground and click on the “Ok” button.

Step 9:

“Picture” allow you to insert image and make it to background of email. Insert an image through the “Select Picture” button and make a click on the “Ok” to save it