Making a text box translucent

[Help a Florida Friend]

Any ideas on how to make the color or fill in a text box translucent?

I have a photo - converted it to B&W and then gave it a tint (yellow) (did
this in another program) dropped the tinted photo into my publisher doc. I
would now like to lay a text box at the top of the photo (corners aligned)
and have the text "float" on top of the image. But I want the text background
a little more densly colored than "no fill" (as the photo details would make
the text harder to read). But, I don't want to completely "fill" the text
box with the solid color either because then the image looks a little boxey
and flat.

Any tips are greatly appreciated.

 

[Mary Sauer]

Fill the text box with light yellow, set the transparency to around 50%.
Printers are all different, some will band the text box fill, others do okay. If
I set my printer to the best output it looks okay.

 

[Help a Florida Friend]

Hi Mary,

I figured out how to set the "tint" to 50% but where is "transparency"?

thanks.

 

[Ed Bennett]

I figured out how to set the "tint" to 50% but where is
"transparency"?

What version of Publisher are you using?

 

[Mary Sauer]

What version Publisher are you using?

The transparency feature is only available in Publisher 2002-03. If you have a
photo editing program, create a rectangle and set the transparency, save as a
..gif, insert the results and place it on top your photo.

 

[Ed Bennett]

The transparency feature is only available in Publisher 2002-03. If
you have a photo editing program, create a rectangle and set the
transparency, save as a .gif, insert the results and place it on top
your photo.

GIF transparency has two levels - transparent and not transparent. You could
do the same thing in Publisher by creating a rectangle and setting it to
filled with solid colour or no fill.

 

[Help a Florida Friend]

2000 SR-1

No transparency I guess. I'll try the other option. guess it's time to
upgrade.

 

[box912]

Use the paint bucket tool to select the color or gradient, then set your fill
transparency, i.e., 5%, 9%, 40% or however much color density you want.
You'll still be able to see your photo behind the text box.