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Adding Backgrounds to Pictures

You can add background settings to an image. This includes the ability to specify a color, another image, and a repeating pattern for the background image. Normally you would not see an image's background, but if you give the image a certain amount of padding, you would see the background around the edges of it.

The changes do not alter the actual image file; they simply modify the appearance of the image at that location.

This can be done through styles or by using local formatting. Using styles is usually recommended because the setting is automatically applied to any content using that style throughout the project, whereas local formatting affects only the particular content that you are working on.

Best Practice: Style sheets are the best way to control the look of your content. See Best Practice—Using External Style Sheets Instead of Local Formatting .

How to add a background to pictures using a style
How to add a background to a picture using local formatting

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