This document precisely explains how to create our own backgrounds for Google Docs

1. How to create our own background for Google Docs
by
Somenath Mukhopadhyay
As i was making documents to share with my students using Google Docs, i wanted to create
a background for all these documents. Hence i had to do the necessary research to achieve
this. I would like to share it with you which may help the Google docs user.
Step I:
● Load the background image to the google drive.
Step II:
● Create a URL for this image. To do that first go to the sharing option of that image in
google docs and make it publicly available. Then open the website
http://www.gdurl.com/​ and copy the sharable link to this site to create a permalink.
Step III:
● Open the website ​https://chrome.google.com/webstore/category/apps​ in chrome
browser and search for Stylish extension.
And install this extension. It will add an icon on the right side of the address bar.
Step IV:
● Open any google docs and click on the stylish icon.
● Click the first link Find more styles for this site

2. ● You may search for Linen Background for Google Docs and click the link
● Now open your Google docs and you will see a nice background
● Click on the Stylish icon on the right hand side of the address bar and this time click
“Manage installed styles”
● Then in the right pane click the button edit.
● Replace the background url with the permlink that you have got in step II. It will look
something like the following
#docs­editor {
background: url(​http://gdurl.com/lQ3I​) !important;
}
.docs­title­inner {font­family: Georgia !important;}
.docs­menubar {height:28px !important;}
Step V:
● Refresh the open google docs and see the background image that you have just
created