A friend of mine had asked me to work on a site for him that he had purchased a word template from someone. I am currently having trouble with editing it. I attempt to change the background image to another image and change the button image also as said in the help file. Is there something I’m doing wrong? I would like to discard the template if I get a suitable template. The damn thing is just not working.

Hi Alex, Thanks for the post. Creating a new template; follow this sequence, 1. Create your document as normal or modify an existing document, and then select File, Save As and choose Template from the File Save As dialog box. You will find the template option in the drop down list at the foot of the dialog box. (Save As Type).
2. When you save, indicate an alternate location (such as Desktop, where it will appear as an icon) or your new template will only be accessible from the New Document Task Pane.
3. To get rid of or change the Background you should try the View, Headers and Footers selection and see if you can delete the graphic from there as it may be part of the Headers and Footers view, this can be the case if it appears on every page, (new as well as existing). To add a new background which will appear on every page change it in this view.

Hi,
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