Background tool & page background setting

[C. Boemann]

On Monday 04 June 2012 20:02:23 Friedrich W. H. Kossebau wrote:
> Am Montag, 4. Juni 2012, 19:54:03 schrieb C. Boemann:
> > On Monday 04 June 2012 19:45:36 Friedrich W. H. Kossebau wrote:
> > > Am Montag, 4. Juni 2012, 19:39:06 schrieb Friedrich W. H. Kossebau:
> > > > is anyone currently working on working support for setting the page
> > > > background, master page and drawing page?
> > > > 
> > > > I would like to be able to control how the page looks like. The
> > > > Background tool does not really work for me on the page (and
> > > > elsewhere, hm...), though I can set a background by the tool's
> > > > config widget. How should I use that tool? Or is it broken?
> > > 
> > > Sent before re-reading, should have been:
> > > 
> > > is anyone currently working on working support for setting the page
> > > background, both for master pages and for drawing pages?
> > > 
> > > I would like to be able to control how the page looks like. The
> > > Background tool does not really work for me on the page (and
> > > elsewhere, hm...), though
> > > I can set a background image by the tool's config widget, but not a
> > > color or even a gradient. How should I use that tool? Or is it broken?
> > > 
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> > Are you talking stage? the background tool is not accessible in Words at
> > least
> > 
> > The pagetool in Words is currently being developed by a SoK student, and
> > the ui will change a lot, so please don't work on the pagetool.
> 
> Okay, so will ignore Words for now. But same problem with
> Karbon/Stage/Flow. In Karbon I can at least set the canvas color. But
> that's it.
> 
> Will the pagetool be reused outside of Words?
No, it's tied to Words structures

> > You can work on the rendering/loading/saving part of it though
> 
> Mh, less interesting if there is no UI to control it :)
Well it could come later but I understand

> 
> So what about the other question, might have been ignored due to my double
> posting, but even more interesting to me, so repasting here:
> 
> Then I wonder if it possible to control if the background should be printed
> or not. The attribute "style:print-content" seems not applyable, did I see
> correctly? Or is the page background never printed anyway?
> 
> I have a certain use-case in mind:
> I want to print with black color on a given sheet of paper, either a pre-
> printed formular or just some coloured paper. And I want to see already on
> the screen how the print-out will look like on the printed paper. I.e. the
> background should look like the paper/sheet, but just for display, when
> printing just the stuff I added should be turned into burned toner/dried
> ink.
> 
> If there is no such attribute, I want to propose that we at least create
> one within Calligra (and work on getting this in the spec).
> 
I don't know if there is such attribute. At least the background should be 
printed. What You seem to be seeking is a way to specify the color of the 
paper you are working on. 

Sorry for not being of much help there