How to Add Email Background Patterns

Using Email Background Patterns and Textures in Your Designs

Email background patterns are an easy way to add texture and visual structure to an email newsletter. In Mail Designer 365, you can apply a patterned email background to an individual layout block or to the entire newsletter design. Use a block pattern to highlight one section, or a full newsletter background pattern to create a consistent look across the design.

Adding a patterned email background to a layout block

Apply an email background pattern to an individual layout block, such as a headline section, when you want that area to stand out without changing the rest of the newsletter.

Head to the "Contents" menu, then to the "Images" tab. Here you will find "Textures":

Scroll through the list of patterns and textures. Once you have found the pattern you want to use, drag it into the layout block background:

This will apply the pattern to just this area of your design.

Adding an email background pattern to your newsletter

A newsletter background pattern is a useful alternative to a photo background when you want subtle texture without distracting from the email content.

Scroll through the list of patterns and textures. Once you have found the pattern you want to use, drag it into the design background:

This will apply the pattern to the entire background of your design.