The Background Overlay option on the Statement Designer right-click menu works together with the Background Preview menu option to control the appearance of background elements (if any) in the Page Layout pane of the Statement Designer window. This menu option does not affect whether background elements are included when printing statements using the current page layout.

When this option is turned on, a check mark appears to the left of the Background Overlay option on the right-click menu. Background elements, if any, will appear in dim gray.

When this option is turned off, no check mark appears to the left of the Background Overlay option on the right-click menu. If the Background Preview menu option is turned on, background elements, if any, will appear exactly as they will when printing statements. If the Background Preview menu option is turned off, background elements will not appear in the Page Layout pane at all, but will still be included when printing statements using the current page layout.