A background image can easily be added to any RoboHelp topic via the Format menu (Format > Topic Borders and Shading). However, if your intent is to use the same background image on all or several topics, a more efficient technique would be to attach a CSS to the topics and then attach the background image to the CSS.
Note: While background images can be cool, they can also make your topics harder to read. If you are going to use a graphic as a background image, consider using a simple graphic that is not too overpowering or distracting.
- Ensure you have attached a CSS to at least one of your topics
- On the Project Manager pod, open the Project Files folder
- Double-click your CSS to display the Styles dialog box
- Double-click the word Other to show the Styles in the group
- Select Background + Text (BODY)
The Background + Text (BODY) style controls the text, background images, background colors and borders used in any topic that uses the style sheet you are currently editing. Any of the topics in your project that use the style sheet will be affected by any changes you make here.As mentioned earlier, if you want to change the background image used in a single topic, you would not modify the style sheet. Instead, you would open the topic and choose Format > Topic Borders and Shading. In that case, any changes you make would affect only the open topic.
- Click Format and select Borders and Shading The Borders and Shading dialog box appears.
- Click the Shading tab
- In the Pattern area, click the folder with the Magnifying Glass
- In the Image name area, click the folder at the right and open the image you want to use for the background
- Click OK
- Click OK
- Click Close
The graphic you opened will be "tiling" and filling up the background of every topic in your project that was using the CSS you edited.
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