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Background Setup
How to Change Background Color?
Click Background button on Home tab. You can choose the desired colors in the drop-down menu.
![background color menu](https://images.edrawsoft.com/images2019/guide/infographic/background-color.png)
How to Use Theme Background Color?
Every theme has a theme background color. When you change a new theme, the background color will change accordingly.
![theme background color](https://images.edrawsoft.com/images2019/guide/infographic/theme-background-color.png)
How to Choose Pre-defined Background?
You can use pre-defined background designs. Click Choose Background, and two background libraries will show up on the left, which are titled Backgrounds and Texture Backgrounds.
![choose background option](https://images.edrawsoft.com/images2019/guide/infographic/choose-background.png)
![background library](https://images.edrawsoft.com/images2019/guide/infographic/background-library.png)
How to Remove Background?
Click Remove Background, the background of the drawing will become transparent and you can see the margin of the page.
![remove background](https://images.edrawsoft.com/images2019/guide/infographic/remove-background.png)
How to Edit a Background?
You need to switch to the background layer when you want to edit the background.
There are two ways to switch to the background layer.
- Click Background View button on the status bar.
- Click Layer icon on the right sidebar, and check Active on Background layer.
![background view button](https://images.edrawsoft.com/images2019/guide/infographic/background-view-button.png)
![layer panel](https://images.edrawsoft.com/images2019/guide/infographic/layer-panel.png)
After you finish editing the background, you can click Normal View button to switch back the full display.
How to Design a New Background?
You need to switch to the background layer to design a new background.
- Switch to Background View, drag a rectangle on the drawing page.
- Change the color, size and shape, and you can also add some ornaments on it.
- When you finish your design, you can click Normal View button to switch back to the normal display and see the final effect.
![a new background](https://images.edrawsoft.com/images2019/guide/infographic/new-background.png)
![normal view button](https://images.edrawsoft.com/images2019/guide/infographic/normal-view-button.png)