Editing objects, layout parts, and the layout background > Formatting objects, layout parts, and the layout background
 
Formatting objects, layout parts, and the layout background
You can change the formatting attributes of objects, parts, and the layout background to customize layouts. You can fill objects, parts, and the background with a solid color, a color gradient, or an image. If you set the fill to transparent for objects in the foreground, then objects, parts, or the layout background will show through. In addition, you can specify that objects and parts display a border and then customize the color and line style of the border.
Note  Your formatting changes are saved to the current layout only. To save changes as a style that can be applied to other objects, see Creating and working with styles for layout objects, parts, and the layout background. To save changes to a theme, see Saving a layout theme.