Adding a Background Image

You can set a background image for a Web page in Page Properties. Background images are tiled over the entire page. It's important to select a background image that complements your page design. Some images just don't look very good when tiled across an entire Web page.

You can control the tiling of a background image through Cascading Style Sheets. A style sheet can be applied to a page, enabling a background image to appear only once, tile only horizontally or only vertically, or tile a certain number of times. We'll cover style sheets in Hour 15, “Formatting Your Web Pages with Cascading Style Sheets and HTML Styles.” ...

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