Okay, now it's time to add a background graphic to our web page. It can be a giant graphic or a smaller one that repeats in a checkerboard pattern. It's great for spicing things up.

On that note, the Spice Girls are a popular group in this time period. Let's put them in our background! Which Spice is your favorite?

What's a Spice Girl? Is that the waiter who puts fresh ground pepper on your pasta?

Oh brother.

Adding a background graphic Any graphic image can be used as a background pattern for your web page. You can use a single large image to fill in the entire background. You can also use a small image that will be "tiled" - which means it will be duplicated in a checkerboard pattern across the web page. To add a background graphic from the Clip Art Gallery: 1. Click File on the Menu bar, then select Page Properties. The Page Properties dialog box will appear. 2. Click the Background tab. 3. Click the Background Image check box, then click the Browse button. 4. A Select Background Image dialog box will appear. Click the Clip Art button to open the Clip Art Gallery. 5. Click Web Backgrounds. Select a background pattern, then click the Insert button. 6. Click OK on the Page Properties dialog box.

FrontPage comes with a gallery of clip art images we can use. It's a simple way to add pizazz to our web page.

Adding a Clip Art graphic To add a Clip Art Gallery image to your web page: 1. Place the cursor on your web page. Position it where you would like the image to appear. 2. Click Insert on the Menu bar and select Image. An Image dialog box will appear. 3. Click the Clip Art button to open the Clip Art Gallery. Click on the image you want to use, then click the Insert button.

What if I want to add my own images, Blip? Last night, I did some drawings of people who hang out in coffee shops. Not to mention all the digi-pics I'm going to get of that swing band I heard about...

Swing is from the 30's and 40's, Pixel.

Sure, but it was back in style in the 90's. Check your history computer if you don't believe me.

Hey, you're right.

Adding your own image You can choose any digital graphic image you want for your web page. This includes images you have scanned or collected from the Internet and stored on your local drive. FrontPage will automatically convert your image into a GIF or JPEG after you insert it onto your web page. To add your own image to your web page: 1. Place the cursor on your web page. Position it where you would like the image to appear. 2. Click Insert on the Menu bar and select Image. The Image dialog box will appear. 3. To select a file stored on your local drive, click on the "Select a file on your computer" button. 4. Choose an image file from your local drive, then click OK.