Inserting transparent gifs into document gives white borders

[miloshapiro]

I have used Photoshop to create pictures which have no background
(transparent) so that I can put them into Publisher and would see the
background of the Publisher file instead of a big white box. I save them as
transparent .gif files and can use them in other software just fine.

But when I put them into a Publisher document, the white backgrounds come
back.
When I insert your built in clip-art, this doesn't happen, so I know it's
possible to do what I'm trying.

What might I be getting wrong?

 

[Mary Sauer]

Have you thought about saving the images as .png? Publisher has a transparency
tool on the Picture menu.

 

[miloshapiro]

Before i had a chance to see if your ideas worked, I tried once again, having
rebooted since I last asked. By the power of the gods (or just yet another
MS quirk), gifs are magically doing what they are supposed to. So I'm set on
this issue. On to the next, but i'll post it separately.