text looks good against the white background of the GIF, but after I made the GIF transparent, I saw that white text was easier to read against the dark green background pattern and changed the text color accordingly. To insert a background image on a Web page, follow these steps: 1. Choose Modify?Page Properties. The Page Properties dialog box appears, as shown in Figure 5-12. 2. Click Appearance from the Category list on the left. Figure 5-10: Normal GIFs and JPEGs always have a rectangular shape that looks bad on top of a patterned background. Chapter 5: Adding Graphics 145 3. Click the Browse button to the right of the Background Image text box. The Select Image Source dialog box opens. 4. Browse to find the image that you want to use as your background image. Figure 5-12: The Page Properties dialog box enables you to set a background image, as well as a background color, among other things. Figure 5-11: After the white around the title is set to be transparent, it floats on top of the background. 146 Part II: Looking Like a Million (Even on a Budget) When you insert an image in your Web site, you want to make sure that the image is in the same relative location on your hard drive as it is on your server. If you plan to use your background tile throughout your site, you may want to store it in a common images folder where you can easily link to the image from any page in your site. See Chapter 3 for details on organizing image files. 5. Double-click the filename of your background image to select it. The Select Image Source dialog box disappears.