Text over a picture

[reflipper]

I am trying to put text over a picture. The picture is in place, then I put
a text frame over it. The " fill" covers up the picture and I can't figure
out how to make the text over the picture, but still see all the picture .
It is a black and white picture and the letters are going over a black part
so I was the text white so it shows up, but I can't figure out how to do it.
Basically in the end I am trying to make the picture look like a watermark
behind the text. Help!

 

[Mary Sauer]

What format is the picture?
The text box can be made transparent, select the box, ctrl + t.
What version Publisher are you using? In newer versions of Publisher there is a
wash-out feature. Look on the picture toolbar for an icon that looks like a bar
chart.