Adding a background color or graphic

About this task

You can paste or import a BMP, JPEG, GIF, PCX Image, or TIFF 5.0 bitmap graphic file as a background for a page or form. If the graphic is the same size as the page or form, it appears once; smaller graphics "tile" to fill the background. All page or form elements appear in front of the background.

In addition, you can add a background color to enhance a page or form. You might want to use a standard color for a particular type of page or form, for example, yellow for a request page.

To have the background show through part of an image, create a transparent GIF file with an image editor or utility and then import the image. Both Notes® and Web users see transparent background images.

To choose a background color

Procedure

  1. Open the page or form.
  2. Choose Design - <Design element > Properties and click the Background tab.
  3. Select a background color.

To paste a bitmap as a background

Procedure

  1. Copy to the clipboard the bitmap you want to use as a background.
  2. Open the page or form.
  3. Choose Design - <Design element> Properties and click the Background tab.
  4. Under Graphic or Resource, click "Paste" to display the graphic as the background.

To import a BMP, JPEG, GIF, PCX Image, or TIFF 5.0 bitmap as a background

Procedure

  1. Choose Design -<Design element> Properties and click the Background tab.
  2. Under Graphic or Resource, click "Import" and select the file to import.
  3. Click OK.

To delete the background

Procedure

  1. Choose Design - <Design element> Properties and click the Background tab.
  2. Under Graphic or Resource, click "Remove" to remove the background graphic.