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To define a background color:
Click the downward pointing arrow next to Color to select a color from the list of predefined
colors (see "Background color and/or image" on the previous page).
Alternatively, click the small rectangle to the right of the color list to open the Color Picker
dialog. In this dialog you can select a color from the color wheel. You can also choose the color
mode: RGB or CMYK. For an explanation of these two modes, see "Background color and/or
image" on the previous page; for an explanation of the other options in this dialog, see "Color
Picker" on page404.
You could also type a name or value in the Color field directly. It must be a valid color name
(see color names on w3schools), a hexadecimal color code (see w3school's color picker), RGB
color value, for example
rgb(216,255,170)
or CMYK color value, for example
cmyk(15%, 0%, 33%, 0%)
.
To select a background image:
1.
Click the Select Image button.
2.
Click Resources, Disk or Url, depending on where the image is located.
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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).
3.
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.
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