You can add background settings to a page in a layout. This includes the ability to specify a color, an image, and a repeating pattern for the background image. Your settings will extend to your page margins. If you want the settings to extend to the edges of the page, you can set your page margins to 0.
How to Specify Page Background Settings
- Open a page in a layout.
- Double-click on the page (without double-clicking on a frame).
- Select the Background tab.
- (Optional) The current page in the layout is selected at the top in the Page field. You can use this field to select any of the other pages in the layout and your changes will be applied to that page. If you plan to make the same changes to all of the pages in the layout, select <all> from this drop-down. That way, you only need to specify your settings one time for all of the pages.
- Use the tab to specify the settings that you want for the background.
To Set a Color for the Background
- In the Color field, click the down arrow and select a color from the popup. For advanced color options, select More Colors and use the fields in the Color Picker dialog.
To Add an Image to the Background
- Next to the Image field, click the Browse button. The Insert Image dialog opens.
- Select an image file to insert. You can do this in one of the following ways.
- Select an image already in the project by finding and selecting it in the built-in tree.
- Click
to find and select an image file outside of the project. - Click OK.
- If you want the background image to repeat, select one of the options from the Repeat field. You can also set the image position horizontally and vertically by using the X and Y fields.
Note If you want to select an image file recently inserted into your project, click the down arrow in the field next to the
button, and select the file from the list. - In the Properties dialog, click OK.
- Click
to save your work.
