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<h1><font size="5" color="#000000" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Preview Background Options </b></font></h1>

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<p><font style="font-size: small;
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		face=Arial>Snap Art offers some handy preview options. You can choose a standard Photoshop-style grid to fill transparent backgrounds, as well as custom colored grids or solid colors. </font></p>

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Choosing the Default Checkerboard Grid 
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		face=Arial>To select the default Photoshop-style grid as your preview background, select <b>None</b> in the <b>Preview Background</b> drop-down list box. </font></p>

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<p><font size="4" color="#666666" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Customizing the Default Grid </b></font>

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		face=Arial>To select the colors that form the checkerboard background grid: </font></p>

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		Select <b>Background Options</b> in the <b>Preview Background</b> drop-down list box. <br><br></font></li>
	
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		In the <b>Checkerboard section</b> of the <b>Preview Background Options</b> window, click the color swatch to the right of <b>Color 1</b> to launch the default color picker, or click the color cube to select the preview background color. See <a href="colorselection.html">Color Selection Tools</a> for more information on selecting colors. <br><br>

	<img src='images/previewoptions1.jpg' style='margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;' width='416px' height='198px' border='0' class='img_whs11'><br><br></font></li>
	
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		In the <b>Checkerboard section</b> of the <b>Preview Background Options</b> window, click the color swatch to the right of <b>Color 2</b> to launch the default color picker, or click the color cube to select the preview background color. See <a href="colorselection.html">Color Selection Tools</a> for more information on selecting colors. <br><br></font></li>

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		Click <b>OK</b> to exit the <b>Preview Background Options</b> window. </font></li>

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<p><font size="4" color="#666666" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Choosing a Solid Black, Gray or White Background  </b></font>

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		face=Arial>To select a solid black, gray or white background, select one of the three options in the <b>Preview Background</b> drop-down list box. </font></p>

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<p><font size="4" color="#666666" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Choosing a Custom Solid Background  </b></font>

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		Select <b>Custome Matte</b> in the <b>Preview Background</b> drop-down list box. <br><br></font></li>
	
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		In the <b>Preview Background Options</b> window, click the color swatch to the right of <b>Custom Background Color</b> to launch the default color picker, or click the color cube to select the preview background color. See <a href="colorselection.html">Color Selection Tools</a> for more information on selecting colors. <br><br>

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		Click <b>OK</b> to exit the <b>Preview Background Options</b> window. </font></li>

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