The Page Background dialog box works like a wizard. As you make selections, you continue to the next screen. A preview shows you what the page background will look like once you finish.

You have several types of backgrounds from which to choose:

No Background - Leaves the background white.

Simple Color Fill - Lets you select a solid color or set a gradient or pattern background. This works just like fills for objects.  You can customize the gradient style and change the colors for the gradient or patterned fill.

Background Graphic - Lets you select a graphic to be placed on the background.

You can choose from the predefined categories from the tabs along the top.  Scroll the tabs using the left and right arrows to see more choices. If you scroll the tabs all the way to the right, the last two choices are User and Custom.  The user tab lists any draw files that you have created which can be used for backgrounds.  The custom tab allows you to browse other disk drives for a file to be used as a background graphic.

Once you choose a graphic and go to the next screen you can choose to keep the graphic proportional, or stretch it to fill the page (similar to maximize in PA).  You can also make color adjustments if you want to make the graphic lighter or darker.

The next screen lets you format the background for the part of the page that extends beyond the background graphic. You can choose a solid, patterned, or gradient fill, and choose the color. If you have multiple pages in your file, you can choose whether to apply the background to all pages.

When you click finish, the background will appear and it will be automatically placed on it's own layer.  If you change your mind, you can make changes to the background by going to Format -> Page Background.

Texture - Lets you choose a texture file as the background. Texture files look best when repeated to fill the entire page.

You choose a texture file from the tabs along the top, just like in the above example. You also have the option to choose any graphic from your disk drives, by scrolling to the right and selecting the custom tab. You'll notice the most of the textures you can choose from are square, with the exception of some files in the Internet category.  These are horizontal textures, meant to be tiled on the page horizontally from top to bottom.

Once you choose a textile image, the next screen allows you to specify whether you want the graphic to be tiled, centered on the page, stretched to fill the page, or stretched to fill the page without distortion. Most likely, you will want the image tiled.  You can adjust the size and the lightness or darkness of the tiled graphic by using the sliders. If you have multiple pages in your file, you can choose whether to apply the background to all pages.

When you click finish, the background will appear on your page.  To make changes, go back to Page Background from the Format menu.

Watermark - Lets you type your own text as a watermark. You can change the text attributes, as well as rotate and space the text.

If you want to change the text for the watermark, simply select the text and type something else into the text field.

The next screen lets you adjust the font, text size, color, and formatting, and the text rotation angle and spacing. Choosing emboss in the font styles gives your text a raised, embossed look, but you will not be able to change the text color.  Try using a dingbat fonts for a watermark if you want a picture rather than text.

The next screen lets you choose the background that will appear behind the text watermark.  You can choose a solid, patterned, or gradient fill, and choose the color. If you have multiple pages in your file, you can choose whether to apply the background to all pages.

You can get a neat effect by choosing a gradient fill and making one of the colors in the gradient the same as the text color in your watermark.  This will give the appearance of having the watermark gradually fade into the page.

When you click finish, the background will appear on your page.  To make changes, go back to Page Background from the Format menu.