Background Colour:
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Document Background ColourHow to use it: As noted above, this allows you to add a background colour to your stationery.
When you use this, you will be prompted for a colour. If you later change your mind about the colour chosen, simply place the cursor (by clicking) within the code for the colour (e.g.: #ffffff) then right-click and choose a new colour.
Makes background image into "Watermark"
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How to use it: This allows you to "watermark" the text of your stationery. A watermark is where the text of your stationery scrolls, but the background image stays stationary as you move through a message.
This can be an extremely "professional" looking option. This is not to say that every stationery needs to be watermarked. Use your own judgement. Using this option is rather pointless if you also use the Scroll Script...
Makes background image into Left Border
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How to use it: This allows you to have your background image become a left border. By default a background image will tile (repeat itself) in both the Left/Right and Up/Down directions until it fills the screen.
Although, with some images this may be acceptable, remember that the object of stationery is to provide a place to write and it is nearly impossible to read text that is written over many graphics. Thus, this option causes the background image to only tile along the left margin, thus creating some room for text.
This is best used in conjunction with the Margin (Left) option.
Makes background image into Top Border
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How to use it: This is similar to the previous option, but it causes the image to repeat along the top of the screen, creating a top border.
This is best used in conjunction with the Margin (Top) option.
Makes background image into Right Border
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How to use it: This is again similar to the previous two options. In this case, the background image will become a border along the right margin of the document.
This is best used in conjunction with the Margin (Right) option. However, unlike the previous options, in the case of the Right Border and Margin the order that you insert them matter. For some reason, the code for the Right Margin must precede that for the Right Border. If you plan on using these options, please keep that in mind.
Allows you to specify a custom location for the background image
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How to Use it: This allows you to specify the exact position on the page that your background image will appear.
When you use this, the following code will appear in the Arach window: background-position: 0% 0%; by altering those values, you can position your image exactly where you want it. The first number represents distance from the left, the second number represents distance from the top. Therefore entering values of 50% 50% will result in your background image becoming centred on the page.
You may wish to use different units for the positioning (depends on the image, really). To change to pixels simply delete the % symbols, and Outlook Express will default to using Pixels.
When positioning images this way, it is likely that you will want only one image to display, therefore be sure to use the next option No Repeat as well.
Causes background image to only appear once
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How to use it: This tells the background image to not repeat at all, thus it will only appear once on the screen.
Sets a Left Margin for the document
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How to use it: When you use the Border (Left) option, you will also likely wish to set a margin so that any text written on your stationery will clear the graphic.
I have pre-set the default size of the left margin to 250 pixels (it seemed like a good size at the time). To test if your margin is set properly, enter a small amount of "test" text into your document (between the <body> and </body> tags) by using the Sample button, then Preview it.
If the text goes over top of the graphic, then your margin will need to be adjusted. To increase the size of the margin, merely replace the 250 value with a larger number. Remember to delete your Sample text before you save your document.
If you wish to permanently alter the default margin value, please see Customizing for details.
Sets a Top Margin for the Document
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How to use it: This works identically to the Margin (left) command, except that it sets a margin appropriate for top borders. The default margin size of 100 pixels may be adjusted in the same manner as that for the Margin (Left) command.
Sets a Right Margin for the Document
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How to use it: This works identically to the previous options except, of course, that it creates a margin appropriate for right borders. As with the Left Margin option, I have set the default to 250 pixels. It may be altered in the same manner.
Please note, that because of a peculiarity in the way the Border (Right) option works, the code for the right margin must be entered before that for the right border.
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