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Fill Effects in Word 2003 blown up
I created a letterhead picture on a letter size (8.5x11) JPG file. Now I want
to use this JPG file as background in Word. When I use Format-Background-Fill Effects and insert my picture, the background picture is blown up to much larger than letter size. How is that possible? I went and resized the picture in Photoshop to half its size (4.25x5.5) and STILL the background is too large! How can I prevent Word from blowing up my background picture?? I also tried using GIF format with similar results. When I use a letter format, how come a letter format picture doesn't fit? There are also no options in the Fill Effects dialog. I can only enter the name of the picture file and that's it. It would be great if you could help me!!! |
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Fill Effects in Word 2003 blown up
Insert the picture in the header view and set its layout property option to
'behind text'. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Hotzenplotz wrote: I created a letterhead picture on a letter size (8.5x11) JPG file. Now I want to use this JPG file as background in Word. When I use Format-Background-Fill Effects and insert my picture, the background picture is blown up to much larger than letter size. How is that possible? I went and resized the picture in Photoshop to half its size (4.25x5.5) and STILL the background is too large! How can I prevent Word from blowing up my background picture?? I also tried using GIF format with similar results. When I use a letter format, how come a letter format picture doesn't fit? There are also no options in the Fill Effects dialog. I can only enter the name of the picture file and that's it. It would be great if you could help me!!! |
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Fill Effects in Word 2003 blown up
"Graham Mayor" wrote: Insert the picture in the header view and set its layout property option to 'behind text'. THANKS! This helps a LOT! The picture still doesn't extend to its actual size but automaticalyy adjusts to the margins of the page layout. However, it is possible to stretch the picture again pretty close to the printable aera, so this is really a great solution! THANK YOU VERY MUCH! |
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Fill Effects in Word 2003 blown up
If your default insert/paste format is In Line With Text then a graphic
inserted anywhere (including in the header) will initially conform to the document margins. Once you change the wrapping to Behind Text (which you could set as your default), you can use Format Picture | Size to change the size to 8.5" x 11". I have an article about anchoring objects to the header at http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/AnchorToHeader.htm, and the only reason I didn't suggest this method was that, since you were trying to use the graphic as a background, I figured you wanted it to be nonprinting. If you anchor it to the header, it will print unless you disable printing of ALL drawing objects. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Hotzenplotz" wrote in message ... "Graham Mayor" wrote: Insert the picture in the header view and set its layout property option to 'behind text'. THANKS! This helps a LOT! The picture still doesn't extend to its actual size but automaticalyy adjusts to the margins of the page layout. However, it is possible to stretch the picture again pretty close to the printable aera, so this is really a great solution! THANK YOU VERY MUCH! |
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