To edit a textured background style

  1. Select the frame A shape used to hold text, pictures, graphics, PowerText or OLE objects. whose textured background style you want to edit.

  2. From the Frame menu A list of available commands and actions in Publisher. Menu names are displayed in the menu bar at the top of the Publisher window., select Properties. The Frame Properties dialog box A window used to supply information to Publisher. appears.

  3. Select the Background tab.

  4. From the Style list box, select the texture style you want.

  5. From the Attributes drop-down list box, select the colour override you want to use:

None: Leaves the texture in its original state;

Mono: Uses one colour to override the colours in the texture;

Duotone: Uses one colour and black to override the colours in the texture.

  1. From the drop-down colour palette A set of colours available to your Publisher documents. You can create more colours to add to the colour palette, or you can delete colours if you do not want to use them. When you save a document, the colour palette is saved as part of the document, with any changes that you have made. Each document can be saved with a different selection of colours in the palette., select the colour you want the texture to be.

  2. In the Angle box, type the angle you want the texture at, or drag the radius of the circle to specify the angle.

  3. Drag the Detail slider A box that you can drag to adjust the effect of the control e.g. the tint slider on a colour palette. to specify the size of the texture tiles.

  4. Click on the Close button in the top right-hand corner of the title bar to close the dialog box and keep the changes you have made to the textured style.

Note:

You can see the effect of your changes on the selected frame on the page.

If the Frame Properties dialog box obscures the frame you are making changes to, you can move it by dragging its title bar The horizontal bar that contains the title of the window or dialog box. to a new location.

Tools:

Frame Properties