Watermarks with Pages

I am not able to figure out how to add a picture watermark onto a Pages template. I can readily drag a picture from my iPhoto library and incorporate it into a Pages template and write text around it. This isn't what I am looking for. I'd like to have the picture appear "behind" the text I write as a subtle, faded background image,i.e. a watermark, while I type my passage "on top" of the picture.
How to do this?
Thanks kindly .
~ john

John,
It's surprisingly easy. Put your image on the page, then (using the Wrap inspector) make sure it's defined as Fixed on Page, and uncheck Object Causes Wrap. Position and size it to your liking. Click on the Graphic inspector, then adjust the opacity slider so that the object fades enough so that you can see text over it. Click on Arrange > Send Backward. That's it. It's even easier using Pages 3.
By the way, if you want the watermark to repeat on every page, define it as a master object.
-Dennis

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[email protected] wrote:
> Hi,
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