Document Designer Background Images

Overview

Background Images can be applied to the template as a whole or to individual Sections. The Background Images of Sections take precedence over a Background image applied to the Document Designer template as a whole. A template’s Background Image is only shown in Sections that do not have a Background Image applied, and in Table of Contents Layouts.

Background Images can be File Manager images, or external images that can be referenced with a URL.

Regardless whether it was defined for the template or for an individual section, a Background Image will not appear on the pages of output produced by an external PDF being added to the template through an Embed Document Element.

For more information about Embed Document Elements, see the topic Document Designer Elements.

Administration

ClosedAdding a Background Image to the Entire Template

To add a Background Image to the entire Document Designer template:

  1. Open the Document Properties pane (by clicking a blank space in the Admin Action Bar or the Template Flow so that no Layout or Element is selected).
  2. To add a Background Image from a URL, paste the URL into the Background Image field in the Document Properties pane.
  3. To add a Background Image from the File Manager:
    1. Click the Background Image button (Browse File Manager button) next to the Background Image field in the Document Properties pane.

The Browse File Manager window appears.

  1. Select a File Manager folder from the Select Folder drop-down.
  2. Select the desired image from the list.
  3. Click OK.

ClosedAdding a Background Image to a Section

To add a Background Image to a Section:

  1. Click the Section in the Template Flow that the Background Image should be applied to.
  2. To add a Background Image from a URL, paste the URL into the Background Image field in the Document Properties pane.
  3. To add a Background Image from the File Manager:
  1. Click the Background Image button (Browse File Manager button) next to the Background Image field in the Document Properties pane.

The Browse File Manager window appears.

  1. Select a File Manager folder from the Select Folder drop-down.
  2. Select the desired image from the list.
  3. Click OK.

ClosedConditional Background Images

This sections explains background images in .DOCX output files and conditional background images. In both cases, administrators can set the background image or the conditional background image at either the document level (i.e. throughout the document) or the section level (i.e. within a specific section of the document).

Note: Use the Document Properties panel to set a background image or a conditional background image at the document level. Use the Section Properties panel to set a background image or a conditional background image at the section level. The same Background Image fields and buttons are available in both the Document Properties panel and the Section Properties panel.

Background image pane

Use the Browse File Manager window to select the image to display in the .DOCX output file.

Browse File Manager dialog

Administrators can set a conditional background image at either the document or section level. When a condition is set, administrators can place a background image on a template and show, hide, or change an image based on the condition.

Conditions are evaluated as either True or False. If true, the image in the Background Image field displays. If False, administrators can specify another image in the Alternative Background Image field. If no image is specified in the Alternate Background Image field, no background image displays. When no condition is set, the image selected in the first field becomes the default background image.

If a section’s background image results in a blank URL displaying, the URL of the document’s background image will display instead.

For example: Assume there is a background image (e.g. document.jpg) set at the document level and a conditional background image set at the section level (e.g. section.jpg) in the same document. No image is specified in the Alternate Background Image field. If the section’s condition is set to true, then section.jpg is shown. If the section’s condition is false, then document.jpg is shown. If the Background Image field is left blank but an alternate image is specified (e.g. alternate.jpg), the alternate image is shown.

ClosedTo specify a conditional background image:

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