Re: Picture and Fax viewer background colour?

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/Noozer/ said:
> Is there any way to specify a background color for the Picture and Fax
> Viewer program included in Windows XP?
>
> It's hard to tell if GIF's have transparent backgrounds when White is the
> background colour.

Give Irfanview a try, for viewing GIF (and most other) image files. It has
a "background color" option under OPTIONS|PROPERTIES|VIEW tab. This is an
amazing FREEware utility.

http://irfanview.com

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