How do I give border art a transparent background in Publisher 07?

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Miss P.T. - 30 Dec 2007 18:44 GMT

I have designed a card and I am wishing to use Border Art around a text box.
However, it seems to come complete with a white background (the Border Art I
mean, not the text box - I know how to make a text box transparent) and I can
see no way of turning this off and it's rather ruining my design. Is there
any way I can get rid of the white around the border design?

A screengrab can be provided if my description isn't explicit enough.

Publisher 2007 on Windows XP Home SP2

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Mary Sauer - 30 Dec 2007 19:49 GMT

Draw a rectangle around the text box, select the rectangle, lines, more lines,
BorderArt. Send it to the back.

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>I have designed a card and I am wishing to use Border Art around a text box.
> However, it seems to come complete with a white background (the Border Art I
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> Thanks

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Miss P.T. - 30 Dec 2007 21:55 GMT

> Draw a rectangle around the text box, select the rectangle, lines, more lines,
> BorderArt. Send it to the back.

Thank you for your reply, Mary, but this DOES NOT make the background of the
border art transparent, I can still see the white background of the BA
against the coloured background of my card.

Am I not being explicit enough?

Thanks very much for any further assistance.

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Mary Sauer - 30 Dec 2007 23:16 GMT

Sorry about that,

Select the BorderArt, copy, paste special as a .png or .jpg or bitmap, select
the new image, use the transparency tool on the picture toolbar.

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>> Draw a rectangle around the text box, select the rectangle, lines, more
>> lines,
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> Thanks very much for any further assistance.

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Miss P.T. - 30 Dec 2007 23:54 GMT

> Sorry about that,
>
> Select the BorderArt, copy, paste special as a .png or .jpg or bitmap, select
> the new image, use the transparency tool on the picture toolbar.

Well, that works - to a point - but the result is extremely fuzzy and
pixellated. Any way of doing it and keeping the original clarity? I'm
designing a card for a close friend and I want it to be my best work!

Thanks very much!

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Mary Sauer - 31 Dec 2007 10:12 GMT

Miss P.T.,You can also paste special as a .wmf, ungroup, delete the white parts,
regroup. A bit tedious.
The best solution would be to go to the Office clipart site and select a new
border.

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>> Sorry about that,
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> Thanks very much!

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John Inzer - 31 Dec 2007 00:58 GMT

> I have designed a card and I am wishing to use Border Art around a
> text box. However, it seems to come complete with a white background
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>
> Thanks

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Please post the name of the BorderArt
you are using in the project.

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