Background

Gday, now this is easy(ish) so I'll be quick

1.Now this depends on what you what to do , change the toolbar pic or the default "blank" pic .

To change the toolbar background in Internet & windws explorer, open Regedit, and AFTER BACKINKING upyour registry, browse to this key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\ToolbarCreate a new string value called BackBitmap and type in a path to a tiling bitmap, such as c:\windows\mypic.bmp. If this doesn't work for you, try using 'double slashes', e.g c:\\windows\\mypic.bmp instead.

to change the default i think you find the default.html doc in your system directory and edit it.

2. To convert a word doc to a pdf you need to get hold of Adode Acrobate , not the reader and you can only view docs in that.I sugget you vist the site , it has more that enoph info , documention and tuts.

Other than the registry changes, an html page has a html coding in the body tag or a style sheet setting can be applied.... (bgColor) is the command as in

Saving a file as PDF you will need a copy of Adobe Acrobat Writer, when you install it you will install an add-on that allows you to save directly from word to a PDF File.