text: microsoft word- printing color background.... help!? read this carefully? do not answer unless you have done this exactly and your answer made it work. try it first!  1- create new document in word. 2- type any text 3 add color background by using tabs on top of page. choose color swatch. should show on screen. 4- go to print preview- does same color show up? 5- go to print..does background color... print.... on your color printer.... default?  if it works- tell me exactly what you did. thanks. have you tried going to:   tools> options> "print" tab> and checking "background colors and images?  that should print out the background color/images. check print preview.