Re: Printing graident fades and semi transparent objects in Publisher xp

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From: Ed Bennett (the_nerd_at_mvps.org)
Date: 01/10/05 

Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 19:01:04 -0000

Miss Perspicacia Tick <misstick@lancre.dw> was very recently heard to
utter:
> 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. 

-- 
Ed Bennett - MVP Microsoft Publisher
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