You can fill a shape or the background of a text object with a pattern.
You cannot apply patterns to:
■ Plain text
■ Images
■ Lined shapes (they must be filled shapes)
To fill a shape (or text background) with a pattern:
1 Select the shape (or text frame) to fill.
2 On the Home or the Insert and Modify tab, in the Items Style section, click Background.
3 In the Background - Fill Settings dialog box, click the Pattern tab.
4 To specify the color for the pattern elements, click the Full color palette button to the right of the Foreground Color box and select a color from the palette or type a hexadecimal value. Then click the x button to close the palette.
5 To specify the colored background, click the Full color palette button to the right of the Background Color box. Select a color from the palette or type a hexadecimal value, and then click the x button.
6 To specify the pattern, click the Pattern selection button and select a pre-defined pattern. (To remove a pattern select either Solid Background or Solid Foreground.)
7 Click OK.