Cannot set background color for text or paragraph

[southwindows]

The LO Help file says, regarding a paragraph background:

1. Place the cursor in the paragraph or select several paragraphs.
2. Choose Format - Paragraph.
3. On the Background tab page, select the background color or a background graphic.

When I do this, no Background tab is visible in the Format/Paragraph dialog box.

There are similar directions for setting a colored background on bits of text. And, again, I do not have a Background tab in the Format/Character dialog. Am I missing something obvious? I do see a Highlight option in Format/Character, but highlighting is not the same thing as background (at least in apps that I am used to).

I’m using LO Writer 5.3.3. on Win7.

[mariosv]

Instead of ‘background’ search for ‘Area’ tab.

[southwindows]

Thank you, that solves the issue for paragraphs. Apparently the help file is out of date (yes, I did download the most recent one when I installed 5.3.3).

For character background, I am guessing that the reference to a background tab in Help is also wrong and that LO now treats highlighting as equivalent to background for characters. Can anyone confirm that?

[mariosv]

I think it is a recent change, please report the issue Feedback | LibreOffice - Free Office Suite - Based on OpenOffice - Compatible with Microsoft