Background Objects?

[Klaus Major]

Hi Richmond,

> This is probably earth-shatteringly naive, but:
>
> Why have I never come across background objects (and even
> been anaware that they can exist in RR/MC) since I stopped
> HyperCarding (about 7 years ago)?

I' sure this is a rhetorical question, isn't it? ;-)

> Is there an unsuspected benefit to using background images
> (i.e. can they be spread across a set of cards a la HC)?

Exactly!

Just like any old bg object in HC, if I remember right...

And in MC any group (which has their bg behaviour not set)
can appear on any card!

> What a slow learner!

:-)

> sincerely, Richmond Mathewson
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>                                        Mathewson, 2006

Regards

Klaus Major
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