Work with Graph Backgrounds

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Add a Background

To add a picture as a background to a graph, you can use an image in the clipboard and the Edit menu in Fathom.

1.Copy an image to the clipboard.

2.In Fathom, select the graph.

3.Choose Edit | Paste Background.

4.The image from the clipboard will be displayed as the background, scaled to the plot rectangle in the graph.

Note: The image will not resize with the plot unless you lock the background.

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Lock a Background

To scale the background image with the graph, lock the background to the graph scales.

1.Select the graph.

2.Choose Graph | Lock Background to Graph Axes.

3.Scaling or zooming in the graph will now change the image with the data.

Delete a Background

To remove the background from a graph,

1.Select the graph.

2.Make sure that no cases are selected.

3.Choose Edit | Cut Background to remove the background and place it in the clipboard, or Edit | Delete Background to remove the background altogether.