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MS Office Forum / Publisher / Web Design / December 2007background
Using Pub 2002. I don't like the provided backgrounds. Can I create my own? If so,how? Google is your friend: web page backgrounds DavidF > Using Pub 2002. I don't like the provided backgrounds. Can I create my > own? > If so,how? I followed your suggestion and found several programs. I have a pattern fill in Photoshop that I would like to use as a webpage background. Do I need to by one of these "background programs" to do that? Thanks. > Google is your friend: web page backgrounds > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >> own? >> If so,how? No. I suggested Googling for backgrounds that you might like, not a program. You can use any background image you like. Format > Background > More Backgrounds > Picture tab > Select Picture and browse to the background picture. Just be careful that you choose an appropriate background image that can be replicated and is a small file size. Too big and your page takes a long time to load. DavidF >I followed your suggestion and found several programs. > I have a pattern fill in Photoshop that I would like to use as a webpage [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >>> own? >>> If so,how? There are lots of backgrounds on the Microsoft Office web site. http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/clipart/results.aspx?CategoryID=CM790019031033  SignatureMary Sauer MSFT MVP http://office.microsoft.com/ http://msauer.mvps.org/ news://msnews.microsoft.com > No. I suggested Googling for backgrounds that you might like, not a program. > [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] >>>> own? >>>> If so,how? Ah...the master at finding appropriate links <grin>. Thanks. DavidF > There are lots of backgrounds on the Microsoft Office web site. > http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/clipart/results.aspx?CategoryID=CM790019031033 [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] >>>>> my own? >>>>> If so,how? Ok, I downloaded a background from the Microsoft site. When I selected it for my webpage, Publisher tiled it. About 4 across and several down. I would like my page to use just the one and cover the whole page. Can you help me some more, please? Lisette > Ah...the master at finding appropriate links <grin>. Thanks. > [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] >>>>>> my own? >>>>>> If so,how? Lisette, That will be hard to do...at least with the image you are using. When you choose a background image Publisher will take that image and replicate it to fill the background. Depending on the size and the nature of the image, this can be very noticeable as in your case. Apparently the image you are trying to use is of a size that four images fill your screen...the background....the white space or padding if you will. The background image I use is an image that when reproduced does not show where one image stops and another begins, and it is only 160 X 160 pixels in dimension. I think what you will probably have to do if you want a uniform background is to choose a different image, that when replicated does not show where one image stops and another begins. Read this article to understand a bit more: Understanding background padding in a Publisher web (aka white space) : http://msmvps.com/blogs/dbartosik/archive/2006/01/07/80563.aspx DavidF > Ok, I downloaded a background from the Microsoft site. > When I selected it for my webpage, Publisher tiled it. About 4 across and [quoted text clipped - 35 lines] >>>>>>> create my own? >>>>>>> If so,how? Thank you - got me one step closer to being more self-sufficient! Got one more queston: I am running Pub 2002 - any advantages of upgrading to 2007? L > Lisette, > [quoted text clipped - 56 lines] >>>>>>>> create my own? >>>>>>>> If so,how? You are welcome. And absolutely you would be better off using 2007. 2002 was the first version that was "adopted" into the Office family, and MSFT really messed it up compared to 2000. It is in my opinion 2002 is the worst version of Publisher... period...and especially for web building. Among other things you won't have fixed length web pages like you do in 2002. This means that pages will be truncated after the last design element on the page, regardless of page length...or in other words, you get custom pages. This will help with your background images too. Also the code is better, you can compress graphics better, you can custom name pages, and, and... I know of no advantage to 2002 other than you already own it. Pub 2007 does work a bit different, with Publish to the Web instead of Export, and other things, but it is better, me thinks. If you do buy 2007, I would suggest that you do a custom install, and not overwrite 2002. That way you can have both versions on your computer, and you may find it handy to have 2002 for some things. Good luck. DavidF > Thank you - got me one step closer to being more self-sufficient! > Got one more queston: [quoted text clipped - 61 lines] >>>>>>>>> create my own? >>>>>>>>> If so,how?
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