Actually, I do not want it as a watermark (I have done that before).
When it is a watermark it fades the image. I prefer full color.
Watermark is good for creating stationery and such.
Joe Conner wrote:
It sounds to me like what you want is to use a watermark. First, save
the pdf SAVE AS to a jpg, tif, etc. image. Then FORMAT -> PAGE ->
BACKGROUND TAB -> PRESS THE DROPDOWN TAB where it says "As" and change
COLOR to GRAPHIC. Then browse to your graphic and click OPEN then
OK. That will put your pdf on the page as a watermark where you can
now type whatever you want.
The only problem might be if your line spacings do not quite fit
correctly, but that is another issue.
Joe
Stephanie Boulee wrote:
<<SNIP>>
within it, do disappear behind my picture. I may be trying to do the
impossible. I'm attempting to place a frame containing text on top
of a picture without the white background of the frame obscuring the
picture. I found that I could actually embed my picture directly
into my frame. I could then type over it. I was also able to
achieve the same effect by placing a regular text box on top of the
original picture. The thing I guess that I'm wishing for would be a
hybrid between a frame and a text box. I like that I can embed a
picture into a frame and add text, but I also like the ability to use
gradients (or even just have the area menu) and have typing over a
picture like you can with text boxes. Say for example that I have a
large picture about the size of half the page and I want to add some
text and a small picture related to each other over that. Now, I
could add a small text box and a picture separately but then I may
spend while orienting them to each other over the large picture only
to decide later that I want to move them both later. I could go
through the same process and take more time (being a perfectionist
and all), but if they could both be within a frame I just move the
frame. That is, if the frame wouldn't leave a big white rectangle in
the middle of my large picture in the background. Which is what I
was trying to ask about. Making the 'white' background be a 'clear'
background.
Okay, I have been fiddling with this as I was typing this email, and
found a stupidly simple way to solve my problem. I changed the
background of my frame from "no fill" to a white fill with
transparency of 100%. Now I'm slapping my forehead going, "duh."
I would still like a way to use the gradients, hatching (okay, the
whole area and line windows) that are available with text boxes with
frames as well. That would be cool in a future release. Perhaps a
"text box frame" that would be a hybrid.
I hope nobody minds my ramblings, but maybe somebody somewhere could
learn from it someday.
-Stephanie
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