I'm trying to apply a fill effects Gradient therefore I go to Design > Page Color > Fill Effects but when I click OK it's not applied to the page ?

Are you running Office on Windows?

Which version of Word do you have? Here, I have a subscription version for Windows, updated to version 2504, and the gradient fill for page color is certainly working.

Gradents should be working in Word for Windows. Make sure that you save to the most recent *.docx format, though. Older file formats may not support gradients.

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Reprobus R

Iron Contributor

May 02, 2025

Fill Effects Gradient not applied to Page ?

I'm trying to apply a fill effects Gradient therefore I go to Design > Page Color > Fill Effects but when I click OK it's not applied to the page ?

7 Replies

Stefan_Blom
MVP
May 04, 2025
Which version of Word do you have? Here, I have a subscription version for Windows, updated to version 2504, and the gradient fill for page color is certainly working.
- Reprobus R
  Iron Contributor
  May 05, 2025
  Office Professional Plus 2021.
  - Stefan_Blom
    MVP
    May 06, 2025
    Are you running Office on Windows?