Printing graident fades and semi transparent objects in Publisher xp

[jray75]

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?

 

[Miss Perspicacia Tick]

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?

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.

 

[Ed Bennett]

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.

 

[Miss Perspicacia Tick]

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.

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

 

[Ed Bennett]

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

Not a problem

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

 

[jray75]

Thank you for wiping.