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Create a new blank page
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Right click on the page and choose Page
Properties
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Click on the Background tab
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Check background picture
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Click on the Browse button and find the
graphic you wish to use for your background
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Click on the graphic to select it then
click on the Open button
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Click on the Margins tab
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Check
Specify Top Margin and enter 20
then check.Specify Left Margin and enter 0 then
click the OK button.
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Now you will need the width of border
graphic,
if you created the border yourself you can get this information by opening
the original graphic in PSP and go to the File menu and choose Image then
Image Information. The width is the first number in the dimensions. For my
graphic it is 144, so I will make my margin slightly bigger at 150. If you
have a ready made bordered graphic then you can open it in PSP and crop it
to the border then find it's dimensions under Image Information.
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Go to the File menu and click Table
then Insert then table.
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You want two columns and one row, width
100%, 0 on the borders then click OK
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You now want to resize the left column
to fit the border of your graphic, to do this right click in that cell and
choose cell properties.
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Once that window is open you will see
Specify Width, check it and enter the width or slightly larger than your
original graphic and click OK (make sure you have check pixels)
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This usually alters the rest of your
information on width of your table so you then want to right click
anywhere inside the table and choose Table Properties and check Specify
Width and make it 100 then make sure you have in percent checked)
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Now right click in the right column and
choose cell properties and uncheck Specify Width and click OK
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You are now ready to add your text and
graphics to your page. You will enter all graphics and text into the right
column of your table. Once you have saved your page and uploaded to the
internet you should have a left bordered background with all text and
graphics to the right of the page.
