4.

In the Background Color text box, enter the hexadecimal value 

#993300 and press Enter (Windows) or Return (Macintosh).

The color of the table cell turns to reddish brown.

5.

Click once inside the second cell of the three columned table.

6.

Click the  tag (cell tag) in the tag selector to select the cell.

7.

In the Property inspector, click once inside the Background Color text 

box, enter the hexadecimal value #F7EEDF, and press Enter (Windows) 

or Return (Macintosh).

The color of the table cell turns to light tan.

8.

Repeat steps 5 through 7 to change the color of the third table cell to 

light tan as well.

9.

After you have all three cell colors set, click once outside the table to 

deselect it.

Next you'll change the background color for the entire page by modifying 

page properties. The Page Properties dialog box lets you set a number of 

page properties, including the size and color of page fonts, the colors of 

visited links, page margins, and much more.

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