The Adobe Official Documentation At This Time It Is Still Not Effective On Resolving the Most Simple Problem and Step a New User is Facing When it Try to Make Something With Illustrator…
You can try out the “default” and Documented Adobe technique to make a Paper Simulated Background but the result will Alter the Whitish Fills and Strokes detected on the Artboard.
So to Make a Trully :) Simulated Background where you can Perfectly Perceive also White Strokes and Fills:
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Create a New Layer and Place it Below all others
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Select the Rectangle Tool
- Set the Rectangle-Background’s Color
- Draw a Rectangle larger than your Document size
- Lock your New Layer so it will not Interfere with your Work
- Now you are Finally, Free to Stroke and Fill also with Whitish Colors ;)
Extra Indications:
HOW-TO Getting-Started and Running with Illustrator CS