How to Add
a Background Image (FrontPage)
1. Make sure you have a picture saved somewhere that you want to use as a background image.
2. Activate Microsoft FrontPage, login to your account, and open the file you wish to add a background image to.
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| Right-click anywhere on the page and choose Page Properties... from the pop-up window. | Click on Format from the main menu and select Background... from the drop-down menu. | |
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| 4. At the top of the window you will see 6 tabs. Click on the Background tab. At the very top of the window under Formatting you will see a box followed by Background Picture. Add a check to this box by clicking it. | |
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| 5. In order to add your picture, click the browse button
on the right side of the window. A window will pop up so that you can find
where you saved your picture (see below). Use the window at left to
browse your website for the picture. If your picture is saved on
your computer, click on the icon
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| 6. Now that you have selected your picture, its name should appear in the empty field. Click the OK button at the bottom of the window to insert the background image. | |
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| 7. Go to File in the main menu and select Save from the drop down menu to complete the process. If you got your picture from the computer, FrontPage will prompt you to choose where to save the picture. I save my pictures in the images folder for simplicity's sake. Use the Change Folder button at the bottom to choose where you want to save the pictures. | |
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| Download Tutorial | addbackground.pdf |