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Set a background for a web page

1. In Page view, right-click the page, click Page Properties on the shortcut menu.
2. In the Page Properties dialog box, click the Background tab.
3. Do one of the following:

   Set a color as a background

   Do one of the following:

   • Under Colors, in the Background box, select a background color.
   • Define a custom color.

     How?

     Under Colors, in the Background box, click More Colors. Then do one of the following:

     • To select a color from the browser-safe palette, click a color.
     • To specify a hexadecimal value, type the value in the Value box. For example, type HEX={FF,33,00}.
     • To select a color on the screen, click Select, and then use the Eyedropper to click the color. For example, to use a color from a picture on an open page, click a color in the picture.
     • To create a color average of the colors in a particular region on the screen, click Select, and then use the Eyedropper  to draw a box on the screen to specify the region.
     • To select a different color or to specify a combination for hue-saturation-luminosity or red-green-blue, click Custom. Under Custom colors, click a blank box. Define a color by entering a combination of values or selecting a color from the color matrix.

   Set a picture as a background

   1. Under Formatting, select the Background picture check box. Select Watermark if you want your background picture to be a watermark.
   2. Click Browse.
   3. Select the background picture:
      • If you know the name of the picture, in File name, type the name of the picture and click Open.
      • If the picture is on a local drive or network, in the Look in box, locate the picture you want. Or, click  one of the buttons in the left of the dialog box to locate the picture. Then click Open.
      • If the picture is on the World Wide Web, click Search the Web . In your Web browser, browse to the picture that you want, and then switch back to Microsoft FrontPage. The location of the page you visited will be displayed in the File name box. Click Open.