Creating a new cover page a different colour to the rest of the pages

Hi there,

I want to create a simple Word document of several pages with a cover page. The cover page should have a green background with photos and text boxes over the top. Then pages 2, 3, etc need to be white with regular text.

What is the simplest way to go about this please? Nothing in the cover page templates appeals to me, and I only want P1 green - not all the other pages.

Do I need to add a green "shape" or plain image on to the page? I've tried both, but then couldn't seem to place images or text over the top.

Any help gratefully received!

Andie xxx

PS I hope this is the right place to post this. I'm not sure if there's an equivalent Word Forum, is there?

PPS Sorted this out now. Thanks anyway!