Graphic Backgrounds

I used to be able to create new graphic background images with AppleWorks-Draw. Now that Appleworks is no longer compatible with Mac OS, does anyone know of a simple way to create your own background images using Pages? (I don't think it's possible)
Here is a three page sample of some of the graphics I created in AppleWorks-Draw:
http://www.fotofabini.com/Backgrounds/
They can be used for browser or page backgrounds in iWeb. In Draw I could work designs at the pixel level and in any color. Now I can't. Do you know of an alternative in Pages or iWork?
I've posted similar questions in the AppleWorks & iWeb forums. Thanks. - Fabe

I understand your frustration, Fabini, but I think you may be asking for the wrong functionality in the wrong applications. Pages is a word processing and page layout app, and Keynote is a presentation app. Neither are designed to do creation and editing of pixel precise bitmapped graphics (unlike the apps I listed earlier). Pages outputs its documents to a variety of different printers as well as PDF, and those cases you wouldn't want to create 72DPI bitmapped graphics, you would want resolution-independent vector art, which Pages gives you.
It is indeed annoying when some device or application that you had used for a purpose unintended by the developer no longer supports that purpose, but it shouldn't be unexpected. I liken this to coathangers -- although old-fashioned wire coathangers were useful for all sorts of other things than just hanging coats (e.g., car antenna, impromptu drain router, structural wire for craft projects) it is unreasonable to expect that plastic or wooden coathangers would support those uses.
And it would be cool if Apple at some point created a graphics app, but I seriously doubt that such will happen while Adobe is so important to the platform. Given that, the alternatives listed above are a good start for useful and lightweight applications that are easy to use and good value for the money.

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How to set Analysis graphics background color to Transparent? not White.

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Edited by: user13257485 on 2010-8-15 下午11:53
Edited by: user13257485 on 2010-8-15 下午11:55

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> and the table is using absolute positioning for precise
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> Now, if I want to control the
> height of the blank cell, would you recommend adding a
height attribute to
> the
> code, or would you recommend adding a transparent GIF?
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