Fullpage background image?

[mr2monster]

I was having this same problem tonight, but I figured out a slick way to make it work for what I needed.

I wanted to put a photo on the background, all the way to the edges, but still have tolerable margins so that I didn't have to manually put in a frame or text box on every page or mess around with the ruler stuff.

I figured it out finally (been playing with it for close to 2 hours now!)

Rather than type, I opted to test out my screen cast software and made a video to show you guys how i did it.

You can check it out here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-Kdu0olTig

Hope that helps.

[g.r.laming]

I have had the same problem, and I remember having this problem when I lived in the UK six years ago now!

I have managed to get a background image via the header section as mentioned above, but this does mean that you lose a great deal of functionality.

I have to assume that nobody uses backgounds on their documents, or this problem would have been sorted out in the intervening six years!!

Is there a method of inserting a background image without compromising the system?

I would have expected better quite honestly.

[Jaycos]

And another year later...

...here is the combination of the above tweaks, that works best for me:

set image as page background
enable header/footer for top/bottom margins
insert box into header - set height to page height, width to wanted left margin, margins to 0 and align left/centered on page.
insert 2nd box for right margin

Best,
Jaycos

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