to be able to use a background and watermark simultaneously you'll have to
avoid using a theme and set it conventionally or simply use cascading style
sheets to do it.
btw; just because you aren't using a theme doesn't mean you can't use a link
bar from that theme on your page.
HTH
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Microsoft MVP-FrontPage
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"Jim Hank" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I am modifying an existing website using FrontPage 2003. The website has
> about twenty pages and was originally developed with a combination of
FP1998
> & FP2000.
> I am attempting to add a gif-based background picture to all the pages. I
> would also like to use the watermark effect on these pages. There are no
> themes being used on any pages of this site, and browser setting for all
> pages is set to both IE and Netscape.
> When I click on Format, Background, and then select the Formatting Tab
> approximately one third of the pages have the "Background picture" and
"Make
> it a watermark" checkboxes grayed-out. None of the pages in this site are
> currently using Shared Borders. I have modified a theme using this new
> background image and it works but I lose the watermark effect.
> Any help in solving this problem will be most appreciated.
> Jim
>