set transparent color takes out too much color

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lsliwa - 23 Aug 2006 14:04 GMT

I'm inserting a photo into power point and clicking on set transparent color
to remove the white box around it. It comes out jagged and also removes the
teeth of the photo. How do I fix this?

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Chris Watts - 23 Aug 2006 14:22 GMT

Wouldn't it be better to trim the edges either in PPT or a graphics program?
Chris

> I'm inserting a photo into power point and clicking on set transparent color
> to remove the white box around it. It comes out jagged and also removes the
> teeth of the photo. How do I fix this?

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John Wilson - 23 Aug 2006 14:24 GMT

The set tranparency tool is fairly crude, ideally you need access to
something like photoshop. You can use a trick to retain the teeth. Copy the
pic, crop one to show just the teeth area and use the transparency tool on
the other. Now position the "teeth" over the transparent pic.

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> I'm inserting a photo into power point and clicking on set transparent color
> to remove the white box around it. It comes out jagged and also removes the
> teeth of the photo. How do I fix this?

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lsliwa - 23 Aug 2006 14:37 GMT

this is the first time I've used this site and wow! wish I had a log time
ago. While I was waiting for your reply I figured if I did a text box and
filled it in white, put it behind the image and grouped it, that would work.
Thank you so much for your help John, I have a huge sales meeting and will
use this site more often.

> The set tranparency tool is fairly crude, ideally you need access to
> something like photoshop. You can use a trick to retain the teeth. Copy the
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> > to remove the white box around it. It comes out jagged and also removes the
> > teeth of the photo. How do I fix this?

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TAJ Simmons - 23 Aug 2006 14:24 GMT

lsliwa

The set transparent tool will remove one (1) shade of a color in a picture.

Chances are your picture has many shades of white.

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TAJ Simmons
microsoft powerpoint mvp

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> I'm inserting a photo into power point and clicking on set transparent
> color
> to remove the white box around it. It comes out jagged and also removes
> the
> teeth of the photo. How do I fix this?

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