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MS Office Forum / Publisher / General MS Publisher Questions / March 2008Possible to insert an oval image into a colored area/block?
This has been driving me crazy. I am a loyal user of the discontinued Microsoft Photo Draw. I have an image which is oval. I cut it out (the oval) and copy it into publisher and place it over a block of color. Although I cut it out as an oval, it inserts as an oval within a square, with a white background. Is it possible to do what I am attempting with these two programs? > This has been driving me crazy. > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Is it possible to do what I am attempting with these two programs? =================================== I'm not familiar with PhotoDraw but can you save your cutout as a .png? Maybe that format would retain the transparency. Which version of Publisher are you using? In Pub 2007...you can select the cutout and on the Picture Toolbar...left click the "Set Transparent Color" button...then left click the unwanted white background to make it transparent.  SignatureJohn Inzer Digital Media MVP Notice This is not tech support I am a volunteer Solutions that work for me may not work for you Proceed at your own risk John, I am using Publisher 2003. MS Photodraw does allow saving as a .png. Your reply was definately helpful. I was unfamiliar with the "Set Transparent Color" option on the picture toolbar. I can see that this would work perfectly on solid color graphics on an alternate color background. The graphic I tested it on had a white background with some white text and space within the graphic, thus erasing both. I think I can come up with some work arounds . . . . Thanks! > > This has been driving me crazy. > > [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > click the unwanted white background to > make it transparent. > John, > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > I think I can come up with some work arounds . . . . Thanks! ============================== You're welcome. Try saving your cutout in the .png format and maybe Publisher will recognize the transparency. SignatureJohn Inzer Digital Media MVP Notice This is not tech support I am a volunteer Solutions that work for me may not work for you Proceed at your own risk |
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