I'm trying to use a picture as a background for a word document. This is done
by selecting "Page Layout, Page Color, Fill Effects, Picture" on this tab you
can select the image to set as background. Unfortunately both options "Lock
picture aspect ratio" and "Rotate fill effect with shape" are both grayed
out. Consequence is that picture isn't displayed propperly if you zoom
document. Furthermore the document isn't printed like it should. The
background image is printed either very small or very large.

Is there anyone who knows why these options are grayed out???
I can't seem to find any sollution for this problem.....

Did you try inserting the picture into the header and formatting the
picture with "behind text" wrapping?

Dre wrote:

> I'm trying to use a picture as a background for a word document. This is done
> by selecting "Page Layout, Page Color, Fill Effects, Picture" on this tab you
> can select the image to set as background. Unfortunately both options "Lock
> picture aspect ratio" and "Rotate fill effect with shape" are both grayed
> out. Consequence is that picture isn't displayed propperly if you zoom
> document. Furthermore the document isn't printed like it should. The
> background image is printed either very small or very large.
>
> Is there anyone who knows why these options are grayed out???
> I can't seem to find any sollution for this problem.....

This seems to work, but there is still one problem.....
The background picture faded because it is in a header, tried to adjust color,
contrast en brightness. This doesn’t help.....

This is also a workaround, and I want to know why the "Lock picture aspect
ratio" and "Rotate fill effect with shape" are grayed out. Installed office
2007 several times in different environments and different options and still
those two options are grayed out.

I need this option for a template (*.dotx)

Any other sollutions for this problem???

Kind regards,

Dre

"garfield-n-odie [MVP]" wrote:

> Did you try inserting the picture into the header and formatting the
> picture with "behind text" wrapping?
>
> Dre wrote:
>
> > I'm trying to use a picture as a background for a word document. This is done
> > by selecting "Page Layout, Page Color, Fill Effects, Picture" on this tab you
> > can select the image to set as background. Unfortunately both options "Lock
> > picture aspect ratio" and "Rotate fill effect with shape" are both grayed
> > out. Consequence is that picture isn't displayed propperly if you zoom
> > document. Furthermore the document isn't printed like it should. The
> > background image is printed either very small or very large.
> >
> > Is there anyone who knows why these options are grayed out???
> > I can't seem to find any sollution for this problem.....
>
>

Hi Dre,

Can you provide more information on the background picture and how you need to use it? Is it a 1 page form, or ??? Additional
details may help lead to a different approach.

'Page backgrounds' (a form of repeated patterns) are in a separate layer of the Word document, that aren't generally available
through the user interface.

Unchanged from prior versions, the Fill Effects dialog is shared by a number of different graphic types/processes. The options for
Rotate and aspect ratio are not available when inserting a page/background fill as they weren't considered to be
controllable/accessible (i.e. the aspect ratio and fill and tiling are determined by the document page settings and document type
[switch back and forth between page layout and web layout view for an example]), i.e. you've asked to 'fill' a given space/object
with a selected picture. Resize the picture you want to use in this way to a specific page size.

Using the texture tab instead of the Picture may produce a different tiling effect, depending on the dimensions of the picture you
use.

If you fill a shape with the same picture you can resize, and rotate and the aspect ratio is changed by changing the dimensions of
the shape you've filled. If you lock the aspect ratio on a filled shape then changing the shape ratio may act more like a cropping
tool then a sizing one as far as the fill goes.

Picture Watermark fills, placed in the header and footer are shown as 'watered down' backgrounds (i.e. Word always masks the header
footer content except when printing).

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<<"Dre" <Dre@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:09745344-9AA1-43FB-97AC-9214D452C1F2@microsoft.com...
This seems to work, but there is still one problem.....
The background picture faded because it is in a header, tried to adjust color, contrast en brightness. This doesn't help.....

This is also a workaround, and I want to know why the "Lock picture aspect ratio" and "Rotate fill effect with shape" are grayed
out. Installed office 2007 several times in different environments and different options and still those two options are grayed out.

I need this option for a template (*.dotx)

Any other sollutions for this problem???

Kind regards,

Dre>>
--

Bob Buckland ?:-)
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

Hi Bob,

I tried printing with the picture in the header. The print looks good.
So the work around is good for me.
But the thing I was trying to do was make a template for a customer
as a default invoice with his logo and his company address. I wanted to use
this as a background. The background is made in A4 format gif.
If you use the fill effect method I just won't scale.

Thanks,

Dre

"Bob Buckland ?:-)" wrote:

> Hi Dre,
>
> Can you provide more information on the background picture and how you need to use it? Is it a 1 page form, or ??? Additional
> details may help lead to a different approach.
>
> 'Page backgrounds' (a form of repeated patterns) are in a separate layer of the Word document, that aren't generally available
> through the user interface.
>
> Unchanged from prior versions, the Fill Effects dialog is shared by a number of different graphic types/processes. The options for
> Rotate and aspect ratio are not available when inserting a page/background fill as they weren't considered to be
> controllable/accessible (i.e. the aspect ratio and fill and tiling are determined by the document page settings and document type
> [switch back and forth between page layout and web layout view for an example]), i.e. you've asked to 'fill' a given space/object
> with a selected picture. Resize the picture you want to use in this way to a specific page size.
>
> Using the texture tab instead of the Picture may produce a different tiling effect, depending on the dimensions of the picture you
> use.
>
> If you fill a shape with the same picture you can resize, and rotate and the aspect ratio is changed by changing the dimensions of
> the shape you've filled. If you lock the aspect ratio on a filled shape then changing the shape ratio may act more like a cropping
> tool then a sizing one as far as the fill goes.
>
> Picture Watermark fills, placed in the header and footer are shown as 'watered down' backgrounds (i.e. Word always masks the header
> footer content except when printing).
>
> ===========================
> <<"Dre" <Dre@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:09745344-9AA1-43FB-97AC-9214D452C1F2@microsoft.com...
> This seems to work, but there is still one problem.....
> The background picture faded because it is in a header, tried to adjust color, contrast en brightness. This doesn't help.....
>
> This is also a workaround, and I want to know why the "Lock picture aspect ratio" and "Rotate fill effect with shape" are grayed
> out. Installed office 2007 several times in different environments and different options and still those two options are grayed out.
>
> I need this option for a template (*.dotx)
>
> Any other sollutions for this problem???
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Dre>>
> --
>
> Bob Buckland ?:-)
> MS Office System Products MVP
>
> *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*
>
>
>