# background element

Represents the background for this document.

## Usage

    <background
    	bgcolor="stringType"
    	background="stringType"
    />

## Element Information

Element type | backgroundElt
Namespace | http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/word/2003/wordml
Schema name | XML Document 2003

## Elements and Attributes

### Parent Elements

Element | Description
--- | ---
pict | Represents a picture or other binary object that appears at this point in the document.
pict | Represents the picture data for the picture bullet.
bgPict | Represents background picture information.

### Child Elements

None.

### Attributes

Attribute | Type | Required | Description | Possible Values
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
bgcolor | stringType | optional | Gets or sets the background color for this document. |
background | stringType | optional | Gets or sets the name of the background. |

## Definition

    <xsd:element name="background" minOccurs="0" type="backgroundElt" >
    </xsd:element>

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