1cdf0e10cSrcweir<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 2*94e420e4Smseidel 3ce44d6c1SAndrew Rist<!--*********************************************************** 4*94e420e4Smseidel * 5ce44d6c1SAndrew Rist * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one 6ce44d6c1SAndrew Rist * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file 7ce44d6c1SAndrew Rist * distributed with this work for additional information 8ce44d6c1SAndrew Rist * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file 9ce44d6c1SAndrew Rist * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the 10ce44d6c1SAndrew Rist * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance 11ce44d6c1SAndrew Rist * with the License. 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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> 65cdf0e10cSrcweir</caseinline><defaultinline>Navigator</defaultinline></switchinline>.</paragraph> 66*94e420e4Smseidel</listitem> 67*94e420e4Smseidel</list> 68*94e420e4Smseidel<section id="relatedtopics"> 69*94e420e4Smseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id51576" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW"><link href="text/shared/guide/background.xhp">Watermarks</link></paragraph> 70*94e420e4Smseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3156180" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="30"><link href="text/shared/01/05030600.xhp" name="Background tab page"><emph>Background</emph> tab page</link></paragraph> 71*94e420e4Smseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id7601245" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW"><link href="text/scalc/guide/format_table.xhp">Formatting Spreadsheets</link></paragraph> 72*94e420e4Smseidel</section> 73*94e420e4Smseidel</body> 74*94e420e4Smseidel</helpdocument> 75