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Create A Simple Border Background |
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click here to see this background on a web page |
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A=Menu Bar B=Tool Bar C=Tool Palette
D=Color Palette |
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Click "New" - see picture to the left
and, then, find it on B (Tool Bar) above
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Enter Width=140 Height=140, click OK
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Click the top box of the two boxes |
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Click on any color in the "Basic Colors"
square, click OK |
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Click "Flood Fill"
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Click anywhere inside "Image 1" |
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Click "New" again to open a second
image, "Image 2"
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Enter Width=6 Height=140, click OK
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Click the top box of the two boxes again (this will show your
first color) |
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Click a second color in "Basic Colors",
click OK |
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Click on the vertical line |
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Note that "Image 2" is selected, ie,
the top of the image box is blue. "Image 1" is green (not selected)
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Click "Copy" |
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Click the top of "Image 1" (the green
area) to select it |
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Click "Edit/Paste/As New Selection" |
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With your mouse, MOVE (DON'T click) the vertical line
to the right of the image and, when in position, click |
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To check that it is positioned correctly,
click "Zoom" and, then, click anywhere in the image |
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If it is NOT in the right position, click
"Selection" and, then, move your mouse over the vertical line (you will see a
crossbar with four tiny arrows at the ends) |
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Click and hold down your mouse and move it into
the right position |
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Click "Zoom" again |
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Click "Toggle Control Palette". Click the down
arrow beside the "Zoom" box and select "1:1" to go back to your original
size |
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Close the "Controls" box by clicking the
small "x" in the top right corner |
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Click the bottom box of the two boxes this time |
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Click a third color in "Basic Colors",
click OK |
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Click "Image/Canvas Size"
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Under "Dimensions", enter Width=1200
Height=140, under "Image Placement", click the "Center Image Vertically" box
and, then, click OK
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| Voila, you have your new background, which you now
need to save to a folder (directory) on your computer |
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Click "Colors/Decrease Color Depth/256
Colors (8-bit)" and click OK
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Click "File/Save As"
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Note that the "File Name" box is blue and
flickering. This means that it is active and you can simply type over the existing text, so type a name
for your background, eg, "back"
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Click the down arrow beside the "Save as Type" box,
(a drop-down menu appears), scroll up and click on
"CompuServe Graphics Interchange (* .gif)
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Click the down arrow beside the "Save In" box
and click on your "C drive" |
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Double click the "Images" folder |
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Note your new name at the top of the image |
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Close your image by clicking the small
"x" in the top right corner |
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Close the second image the same way and, then,
click "No" to "Save change to Image?"
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