How do I put a picture in the background of a newsletter?

[Guest_imported]

Hi.
I am new here incase this has been covered. I coach a Girl's softball team. I will be sending them newsletters and would like to use a different picture of them in each newsletter. I would like the picture to be full page/or 1/2 page just lightly noticeable behind the text. I have Microsoft Publisher 2000. Any great help here would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks!

StansGarage@juno.com

 

[davidV]

First lighten your picture to the degree required in you usual picture editor. Then put it on your page in a 'picture' frame. Next create a text frame for the area you want your text and then in frame properties change the background colour to 'none'. Your picture will then show through your text.

 

[DGA15]

A)Select the page you wish to put the backround on (the page # 1,2,3,4 etc.) on the bottom left of the screen.

B) The go to the Menu and click View/GotToBackground. An empty background page pops up for the page you selected.

C) Use the PictureFrameTool {left vertical margin} to create a frame toinsert your picture into

D) Then use menu Insert/Picture to place your background on the page. As someelse noted, this normally has to be quite a bit lighter than the normal picture

E) then use Menu View/GoToForeground and you will see your page with the foreground your previoulsy had, but with your picture in the background.

 

[Guest_imported]

After placing your picture in position on the page, select "Format" then "picture"; then when the "Format Picture" box comes up, select "Image Control", then under the drop down for "Color Control", select "Washout"
ShaZaamm!

 

[Guest_imported]

Select the file for the background and insert it where you want it to be . While the inserted file is still selected, go to Format>Photograph. When the dialogue box comes up, slect the Picture tab, then "Image Control". Hit the down arrow and, from the drop-down list, select "Watermark" Hit "OK"

Done deal.

Good Luck!