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You can move and scale the graphic as you want. In your context menu you can use the <emph>Arrange - To Background</emph> command to place this in the background. To select a graphic that has been placed in the background, use the <switchinline select="appl"><caseinline select="CALC"><link href="text/scalc/01/02110000.xhp" name="Navigator">Navigator</link> 63cdf0e10cSrcweir</caseinline><defaultinline>Navigator</defaultinline></switchinline>.</paragraph> 64cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem> 65cdf0e10cSrcweir</list> 66cdf0e10cSrcweir<section id="relatedtopics"> 67cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id51576" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW"><link href="text/shared/guide/background.xhp">Watermarks</link></paragraph> 68*93b21526Smseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3156180" role="paragraph" l10n="U"><link href="text/shared/01/05030600.xhp" name="Background tab page"><emph>Background</emph> tab page</link></paragraph> 69cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id7601245" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW"><link href="text/scalc/guide/format_table.xhp">Formatting Spreadsheets</link></paragraph> 70cdf0e10cSrcweir</section> 71cdf0e10cSrcweir</body> 72cdf0e10cSrcweir</helpdocument> 73