How to Use WPS Background on Windows

This section includes 4 how-to topics for adding character shading, setting shading color, highlighting text, and clearing marks; choose a topic from the index and follow the steps.

How-to Index

How-to Guide

1. Add character shading

Feature entry: Select text → Home tab → Character Shading

1. Open a WPS Writer document.
2. Select the text that you want to shade.
3. Click the Character Shading button on the Home tab.
4. Check whether the selected text now shows a gray shading effect.

Success Criteria

• Interface result: The selected text shows gray shading.
• What you can do next: You can continue typing, save the file, or apply other text effects.

Tips While Using

• Common mistake: If no text is selected first, the action may not apply to the intended content.

2. Set shading color

Feature entry: Select text or a paragraph → Open the related shading color option

1. Open the document that you want to edit and select the target text or paragraph.
2. Open the shading color option.
3. Choose the color that you want.
4. Confirm that the target content now uses the new background color.

Success Criteria

• Interface result: The target text or paragraph shows the selected shading color.
• What you can do next: You can continue adjusting colors, copy formatting, or save the document.

Tips While Using

• Common mistake: If the full text range is not selected, the color may apply to only part of the content.

3. Highlight text

Feature entry: Select text → Open the highlighting option

1. Select the text that you want to emphasize in the document.
2. Open the highlight color list.
3. Choose a highlight color.
4. Check whether the text now shows the highlight effect.

Success Criteria

• Interface result: The target text shows a highlight color.
• What you can do next: You can continue marking other content or switch to another color.

Tips While Using

• Common mistake: A very dark color may affect readability or printing results.

4. Clear shading or highlighting

Feature entry: Select marked content → Open the related format menu or choose No Color

1. Select the text that already has shading or highlighting.
2. Open the related color or format menu.
3. Choose No Color or use Clear Formatting.
4. Confirm that the text has returned to a normal display state.

Success Criteria

• Interface result: The previous shading or highlight effect disappears.
• What you can do next: The document is ready for continued editing, review, or submission.

Tips While Using

• Common mistake: Clear Formatting may also remove other font styles at the same time.