Printing graident fades and semi transparent objects in Publisher xp

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jray75 - 10 Jan 2005 13:59 GMT

Hello,

I am having troubled printing certain objects in Publisher 2002.

Example. I want to create a black rectangle layed over a photograph and
have one side of the rectangle to fade to transparent so the photo
shows through and blends in to that part of the rectangle.

I draw a rectangle, go in to fill effects, slect the fill color as
black and adjust the end "transparency" slider to max.

On screen the picture looks perfect. The rectangle fades from solid to
totally transparent. But, when I print... the fade does not print...
the printer prints the fade as a normal opaque square.

No matter what type of object I draw, if I have the fill fade to
transpartent, it prints as totally solid.

Any ideas?

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Miss Perspicacia Tick - 10 Jan 2005 18:54 GMT

> Hello,
>
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>
> Any ideas?

This is an FAQ. Had you spent your time Googling, instead of posting, you'd
have found your answer. But, as I am realising, no one can be 'arsed' to
wipe their own butts round here anymore, they just expect to post the same
inane questions and have someone else wipe their butt for them.

The answer is it's not possible (it's a well known bug, as you would have
discovered had you spent 10 seconds Googling). You will need to save the
object you wish to be transparent as a GIF (using a graphics app) and import
it back to Publisher and continue as you were.

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Ed Bennett - 10 Jan 2005 19:01 GMT

> The answer is it's not possible (it's a well known bug, as you would
> have discovered had you spent 10 seconds Googling). You will need to
> save the object you wish to be transparent as a GIF (using a graphics
> app) and import it back to Publisher and continue as you were.

Erm... that just plain WON'T WORK.

A semitransparent gradient cannot be accomplished with any visual pleasantry
using a single-transparency GIF.

The way to work around this issue properly is to export your file as an
image.
In Publisher 2002 this only exports at 96dpi, unfortunately.

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Miss Perspicacia Tick - 10 Jan 2005 22:25 GMT

>> The answer is it's not possible (it's a well known bug, as you would
>> have discovered had you spent 10 seconds Googling). You will need to
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> an image.
> In Publisher 2002 this only exports at 96dpi, unfortunately.

You're right Ed. I meant cut and paste. I apologise.

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Ed Bennett - 11 Jan 2005 07:24 GMT

> You're right Ed. I meant cut and paste. I apologise.

Not a problem :-)

We shouldn't need to work around it anyway...

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jray75 - 31 Jan 2005 15:19 GMT

Thank you for wiping. :)

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