Backgrounds in PDFs

Background is a solid color or image positioned behind the document context. For each document page, you can set a unique background.
You can choose an image from a file as a background, set its color and position on the page, specify the number of pages where the background will be displayed, and save the configuration for further use.

Add background to document

To add background to a PDF, select Document > Background > Add in the main menu. A dialog box will pop up.

Saved Settings

The Save Settings section contains a list of saved background templates. To add a template, configure the required options and click Save. Specify the template name in a popup window. To remove a template, select it from the list and click Delete. Then submit the process in the popup dialog box.

Source

In the Source section, you can select the type of inserted background. It can be an image from a PDF file or a solid color. These are the available options:

• Color. If chosen, the document background will have a solid fill color selected from the list.
• File. If selected, an image loaded from the PDF file will be used as the background. To select the source PDF file for the background, click Browse.
• Page number. Specify the page of the source file to be used as a background image. The total number of pages in the source file will be displayed in Total pages.
• Zoom. Set the scale of the background relative to the source image from the PDF file. To make this option active, uncheck the Scale relative to target page box in the Appearance section.

Appearance

The Appearance section allows customizing the visual attributes of the inserted image. These are the available options:

• Rotation. Set the rotation value (in degrees) relative to the document page.
• Opacity. Set the opacity value (in percents).
• Scale relative to target page. Set the background scale relative to the page it will be inserted into.

Position

In the Position section, you can set the background position on the document page. These are the available options:

• Vertical Distance. Set the value for the vertical background offset relative to the selected position: Top, Center or Bottom.
• Horizontal Distance. Set the value for horizontal background offset relative to selected position: Left, Center or Right.
• Units. Select the measurement unit to specify the offset distance.
• Place. Place the background in the foreground or on the background.

Preview

The Preview section allows previewing the documents with the background inserted. These are the available options:

• Preview Page. Specify the page for a preview.
• Page Range Options. Specify a range of pages for inserting background.

Manage Backgrounds

To edit backgrounds added to the document, choose Document > Background > Manage in the main menu. The Manage Backgrounds dialog will pop up.

The dialog contains a list of all backgrounds added to the currently opened document. On the top of the dialog, the following actions are available:

• Add. Open the Background dialog to add a background.
• Edit. Open the Background dialog to edit the selected background.
• Remove. Delete the selected background.
• Remove all. Delete all backgrounds added to the document.

If you click Remove all, all backgrounds will be removed even if the Color Background or File Background option is selected from the Show list (see below).

• Zoom In. Increase the scale of background thumbnails.
• Zoom Out. Decrease the scale of background thumbnails.
• Zoom Original. Restore the default scale of background thumbnails.

To show only a specific background type in the list, select one of the options from the Show list at the bottom of the dialog:

• All. Show all backgrounds added to the document.
• Color Background. Show only solid color backgrounds.
• File Background. Show only the background images imported from external files.

Remove a background from document

To remove the background from a PDF document, choose Document > Background > Delete in the main menu. It will remove background on all pages.

 

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