Alan's HINTS & TIPS - More on background pictures & why you don't get it ALL when you COPY

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More on background pictures

Why you don't get it ALL when you COPY ?

As you may have discovered, it takes time for people to learn all about computers, and they sometimes send you things which don't work when you get them!!!

If someone sends you an attachment which doesn't seem to do anything it could be due to one of the following:

Saving the picture in any of these cases will only give you a small section of the entire screen background. This method of producing the background is used as it saves downloading huge picture files.

Here are two examples of what makes up a screen background. Bear in mind that some are really good, like imitation pastered wall or woodgrain. These are just a couple I've done to show you the idea.

Click the picture below to see how it looks on a full page. The wider version of this simulates a page in a ring-binder and repeats all the way down the screen but is really only a single thin picture.

Click the bricks

to see how they look on a full page.

Notice that they actually FILL the WHOLE screen !!!
Note also that backgrounds are not normally included when you PRINT a web page as this would use excessive ink. However, you can opt to include the background when printing in Internet Explorer by selecting Tools > Internet Options > Advanced > Printing > and tick the box [ ] Print background colors and images.