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Resources lists the images that are present in the Images folder on the Resources
pane.
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Disk lists image files that reside in a folder on a hard drive that is accessible from
your computer. Click the Browse button to select a folder (or an image in a folder).
As an alternative it is possible to enter the path manually. The complete syntax
is:file://<host>/<path>. Note: if the host is"localhost", it can be omitted, resulting
infile:///<path>, for example: file:///c:/resources/images/image.jpg.
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Url lists image files from a specific web address. Select the protocol (http or https),
and then enter a web address (for example,
http://www.mysite.com/images/image.jpg).
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With an external image, you can check the option Save with template. If this option is
checked, the file will be inserted in the Images folder on the Resources pane.
If not saved with the template, the image will remain external. Note that external images
need to be available when the template is merged with a record set to generate output,
and that their location should be accessible from the machine on which the template's
output is produced. External images are updated (retrieved) at the time the output is
generated.
4. Select an image from the list.
5. If the image is contained in a PDF file that consists of more than one page, select the
desired page.
6.
Click OK.
7. Set the size of the image. The options are explained here:
http://www.w3schools.com/cssref/css3_pr_background-size.asp.
8. Set the position of the image in the box.
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Finally, click OK.
Note
It is also possible to set an element's background in a style sheet; see "Styling templates
with CSS files" on page490. When referring to images or fonts from a CSS file, refer to a
path that is relative to the current path, which is css/. For example: #header {
background-image: url('../images/image.jpg'); }.
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