How to add background picture to Excel 2007 spreadsheet?

You can insert a picture in Word, PowerPoint or Excel 2007 very easily. Many people know how to insert a picture in Excel 2007 spreadsheet but they don’t know how to add background picture to Excel 2007 spreadsheet. Excel 2007 spreadsheets largely consist of numbers, charts, tables etc. You can give your personal creative touch to your work on Excel 2007 if you add background picture to Excel 2007 spreadsheet. After you add background picture to Excel 2007 spreadsheet, you will be able to make it look less boring and much more interesting. Follow these easy and simple steps to add background picture to Excel 2007 spreadsheet.

Open the Excel spreadsheet to which you would like to add the background picture.

Select Page Layout from the ribbon.





Click on Background.




The Sheet Background window pane will appear. Choose the graphics or image you want to add as the background.

Click on Insert at the bottom.







You have successfully added a background image to your Excel 2007 spreadsheet! You can change the colors as well as the font to suit the background picture. It is recommended that you select a very light or a very dark colored picture so that the data on the foreground stands out.