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malik641
08-03-2005, 09:02 AM
I'm using the "Fill Effects" feature for the background color. I have it Gradiating from one color to the next. The Shading Style is Horizontal and Top of page: Color 1; Bottom of page: Color 2. The problem is that the background decides to be "tiled" instead of "stretched"...

How can I make it be so that the effect is stretched and not tiled??

Thanks,
MOS MASTER
08-03-2005, 10:05 AM
Hi Joseph, :yes

A bit hard to imagine how your background looks now.

Could you attach a sample document that also includes a ALT+PRINTSCREEN from your background settings.

Thnx. :whistle:
malik641
08-05-2005, 07:59 PM
No problem. Check it out:
MOS MASTER
08-06-2005, 02:40 PM
Hi Joseph, :yes

I'm not sure if you can get there with those settings.

What you could do is make a picture in a picture program of the exact effect you're looking for and add that as picture to your background. (or as watermark)

that effect would be stretched instead of tiled. :whistle:
malik641
08-07-2005, 07:55 AM
Good point, I'll give that a try.
Thanks MOS MASTER! :thumb
MOS MASTER
08-07-2005, 01:23 PM
No Problem I'm curious about the result..keep me posted! :thumb
mdmackillop
08-14-2005, 02:47 AM
Hi Joseph,
Is this what you're after?
MOS MASTER
08-14-2005, 04:45 AM
Hi Malcom, :yes

That was the method of using a picture I described. You can use pretty much everything in the Header footer area and stretch that as your background.

I wonder how Joseph is doing. :whistle:
mdmackillop
08-14-2005, 05:06 AM
Hi Joost,
I was concerned about the file size when using a picture, but actually it's not much bigger, 33KB v 24KB
Regards
Malcolm
MOS MASTER
08-14-2005, 05:11 AM
Hi Malcom, :yes

Yes file size can be a issue depending on the file.
I usually edit all my pictures in a picture program to compress them. (Words builtin feature fails a lot)

Especially in big documents one should always pay attention to picture objects.
malik641
08-14-2005, 10:53 PM
Hi Joseph,
Is this what you're after?hey Malcom,
Awesome! Yes, this is just what I was looking for!

Sorry I haven't responded for a while, I'm taking a summer course at my college and I've been doing LOADS of work for that class (especially with the final on wednesday). So I haven't been on the site too much answering anybody's questions to problems (just enough time to ask my own, really) because I have been really busy :bug:

But thanks again this is exactly what I was looking for :thumb
Mark it solved.
mdmackillop
08-15-2005, 12:45 AM
Glad to be of help
Regards
Malcolm
MOS MASTER
08-15-2005, 11:37 AM
Glad to see you have it working now Joseph! :yes