Template, Backgrounds = Report

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Hi all,
I'm trying and I do mean TRYING to make a new version of our reports form.
To match the colour and layout of our new adverts. The problem I'm having is
the main graphics that when used will be the background.

There are 2 background pictures, Title page and the rest of the report
(every page after the 1st). Theses pictures are designed to fill the page
(210 x 297mm A4)

I've tried to add them as a background but the only shows 1/4 of it that
fills the page. It is my understanding that backgrounds are only for WEB
pages????

So, is there a way to design the title page with the picure (have gone this
already) and them use the 2nd picture fom page 2 onwards to automatic put the
picture in on the new pages.

Also is there a way to make it so te picture in the background is not
highlightabe (clicked)

HELP!!! :)

Stu...
 
Put them in the first page header and in the general header (for
continuation pages) of your template. The graphics should be set to be
behind text.

Take a look at: How to set up letterhead or some other document where you
want one header on the first page and a different header on other pages.
http://www.addbalance.com/word/headersfooters.htm This gives step-by-step
instructions. (It also has the following links)

Some other pages to look at:

Letterhead Tips and Instructions
http://home.earthlink.net/~wordfaqs/Letterhead.htm

Letterhead Textboxes and Styles tutorial
http://addbalance.com/word/download.htm#LetterheadTextboxesAndStylesTutorial

Template Basics
http://www.addbalance.com/usersguide/templates.htm

How to Create a Template - Part 2 - essential reading
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Customization/CreateATemplatePart2.htm

Word "Forms"
http://www.addbalance.com/word/wordwebresources.htm#Forms and

Word for Word Perfect Users
http://www.addbalance.com/word/wordperfect.htm if you are coming from a WP
environment (or even if you are not).

If you are interested in creating templates that will work with the letter
wizard or use that wizard, you should look at the chapter on Advanced
Document Formatting in Using Office 2003 (or whatever your version is),
Special Edition, by Ed Bott and Woody Leonhard. It has detailed instructions
including instructions on getting the fields you want from your Outlook
Contacts for addressing a letter. (Chapter 19 of SE Using Office 2003) You
should be able to get this through your public library or at Amazon.com
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0789729555/balancecheckbookA/

Finally, take a look at the letter templates that come with Word. While they
are no great shakes as letterhead, they do use styles and AutoText lists
very well. If you use the same style names that are used in those templates
in your own letterhead for the same parts of the document, you will have
better luck with using the built-in AutoText entries in Word.

Hope this helps,
--

Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome!
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What you need is not a "background" but a "watermark" (which is anchored to
the document header). If this is Word 2002 or 2003, you need to use Format |
Background | Printed Watermark. If it's an earlier version, see “HOW TO:
Create a Watermark in Microsoft Word 2000†at
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=211324. To have a different one on the
first page, check "Different first page" on the Layout tab of Page Setup and
anchor one to the First Page Header and one to the Header.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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