Historical Document

[Barney McGrew]

I am creating an historical document or at leaste re-creating an historical document of which I will be using word if possible. Is there any way of making the word document look old by the use of a background or template of some description. I have only ever used word as it is, plain and white ?

[Granty]

Change a background or watermark
Backgrounds are displayed in Web layout view only and aren't designed for printing. Watermarks are intended for printed documents.
Change a document background

You can apply a different color, apply a texture or picture instead of color, or change settings for patterns and gradients.

On the Format menu, point to Background.
Do one of the following:
Click the new color you want.

Click More Colors to see additional color choices.

Click Fill Effects to change or add special effects, such as gradients, textures, or patterns

[DevMountain]

You could go back to an old fashioned method - soak it in tea for a few minutes.

No milk or sugar required.

[Barney McGrew]

Cheers Granty. Managed to get the look I wanted following your instructions. Now having trouble when I convert to PDF, the background image is in squares, but looks fine in a word doc ?