Adding a Custom Background

Start by creating a "New Newsletter," located at the top of every Smore page.

Click either "Start editing" buttons once you've selected a template.

It is located on the menu on the right side of the Editor.

It is located on the right, directly across from the "Backgrounds" tab. The Backgrounds tab are designs that are provided by Smore. Once you've added Custom Backgrounds, you will be able to find them again under the Custom tab.

Click on one of the "+" inside the image to open the "Upload a Custom Background" window.

In the "Upload a Custom Background" window, click on the "Choose file" button to select the image you wish to use as your background. After the file has uploaded successfully, click "Upload background" to complete.

Once you have successfully uploaded a custom background, the background will appear as an option in all of your newsletter Editors moving forward.

Custom Backgrounds must fulfill the following requirements in order to be uploaded successfully:

• Must be a JPG or JPEG file
• Must be larger than 1500x1500 pixels
• Must not exceed 10 MB

In order to get the right size, we recommend saving the image to your computer and then editing the size of the image in a photo editor before uploading it.

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