Adding a background texture

You are going to add colour to the circle in the bottom right corner of the page, using a background texture. Follow the steps below:

1. Select the circle at the bottom right-hand corner of the page.

2. From the Frame menu, select Properties. The Frame Properties dialog box appears.

3. Click on the Background tab.

4. From the Style box, select the tenth style from the left on the bottom row. The texture appears in the selected frame.

Use the scroll bar at the bottom of the preview box to view the range of backgrounds available.

5. In the Attributes group box, select Mono from the drop-down list box. The drop-down colour palette is now active.

6. From the drop-down colour palette, select Cornflower Blue. The texture changes colour to Cornflower Blue.

When you move the mouse pointer over a colour, the colour name appears in the information line.

7. Drag the tint slider to the left until it displays a 50% tint.

8. Click on the Close button in the top right-hand corner of the dialog box.