background of a form

krunalprajapati

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pls Help,
I knw how to change the background of a form. but i need a particular file for the background. and i want to knw where the file is stored?
the file which i want is a texture file in a WORD. i.e. in word when we try to set the background of a page, the option Background gives us some textures for the background. i want a file called "water droplets" as a back ground in access form.
from where can i get the texture file?
i searched the whole Microsoft Office folder in c:\program files. this file is not there. then where are this texture files stored? can anybody help me to find this file pls?
 
Don't think you can as those textures are built into the Word package. They are not "graphics" files as such. That is why you can't select a file as background. You may find otherwise, keep searching
 
Take a screeny and make the file yourself?
 
MaliciousMike said:
Take a screeny and make the file yourself?

Yep, do a screen dump by pressing Print Scrn on the keyboard.

Then goto Paint etc and Click Edit > Paste. It should dump screen into a graphic. Crop the image and save as .bmp or similar. Preferably .jpg
 
naminder said:
Yep, do a screen dump by pressing Print Scrn on the keyboard.

Then goto Paint etc and Click Edit > Paste. It should dump screen into a graphic. Crop the image and save as .bmp or similar. Preferably .jpg

don't save as Jpg in paint... only saves at 60% quality and looks poor.
If it's a reccuring image then find the first instance of the pattern and try your damndest to get it as small as possible. Then just repeat the image in the form.
 
I'm not sure it's a good idea

Unless there's some kind of security reason, I would tend to avoid using textures in the background of forms or reports. For the same reasons that we avoid backgrounds on forms and reports in the older world of printed documents, the same ideas should be applied to forms and reports created for our computers.

1) A busy background may cause eye-strain for users if they have to view the screen for even short periods of time

2) A screen that is "too busy" can make locating and understanding data difficult

3) If someone needs to print a form or a report, a background may be annoying and will use additional ink or toner needlessly

In addition, any graphics in a data base, if not used for a data or productivity purpose, add unnecessary "bulk".

Of course, this is all just my opinion -- hope you don't mind!
 
Thnks all of U. why i didn't think to make a file? anyway thanks a lot, i will do that.
 

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