How Do I Make a Background See Through?

Are you using Photoshop?

Let's see, I have Paint and Microsoft Photo Editor, on this computer.

I am downloading Photoshop on the computer now.

I have a very basic Photoshop program and here's how you do it (might be similar in other programs):

Click: File - New - Blank file

A window pops up asking you to name the file, set the size and chose the background.

Click the drop down menu for "background contents" and choose "transparent".

If you have Microsoft Office 2007, here's instructions for turning an image into a background watermark for stationary. It has step by step graphics to show you:

http://www.ehow.com/how_2243882_watermark-using-microsoft-office.html

Which email service are you using for this? Most email services don't support background images in an email these days. You can only insert an image as part of the body of the text or as part of your signature. AOL is about the only service I know of that allows an image as background for text to be typed over.

Thank you ladies! I have Outlook Express and I can use backgrounds for stationery. I got so swamped at work today I didn't get a chance to read your posts until now but on my lunch tomorrow I'm going to follow your instructions. I love those mongolian horse pictures and I think they will make beautiful stationery.

I found some other ideas for doing this specifically with Outlook Express.

This one is for the 2003 version of OE:

http://forums.cnet.com/7723-4_102-117222.html

And here's someone elses idea for doing it:

http://www.eggheadcafe.com/community/aspnet/7/10076063/adding-background-imagewater-mark-to-ms-outlook.aspx