PUB: Most BorderArt Has a White Background (136751)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Publisher for Windows 3.0
  • Microsoft Publisher 97 1.0
This article was previously published under Q136751

SUMMARY

All BorderArt patterns appear in Publisher with a solid background color. Usually this color is white. This means that if you apply a BorderArt pattern to a rectangle or frame and then put a colored frame behind it, you will see the shapes in the BorderArt pattern surrounded by a solid color border.

Some of the BorderArt patterns themselves don't have a solid background color. When you use them in Publisher, however, the white background is added.

MORE INFORMATION

A BorderArt pattern consists of up to eight different tiles and a preview. There can be one tile for each corner and one tile that is repeated to make each of the four sides. To assure that lines that extend across tiles line up properly, some BorderArt tiles are drawn with a solid or transparent square as the background with the design elements drawn on top of them. To assure consistency, Publisher will fill in the background when displaying a BorderArt tile, even if the tile does not actually contain a background.

If you want a BorderArt pattern to appear in Publisher with a transparent background, you can copy a rectangle with the BorderArt pattern applied to it into a drawing program such as CorelDRAW! or Microsoft Draw. Manipulate the picture to remove the opaque backgrounds. To do this with Microsoft Draw, follow these steps:
  1. Draw a rectangle and apply the BorderArt pattern you want to use.
  2. With the rectangle selected, click Cut on the Edit menu.
  3. Click Object on the Insert menu (Publisher 3.0) or Insert Object on the Edit menu (other versions of Publisher.)
  4. Click Microsoft Draw or Microsoft Drawing on the list of object types.
  5. In Microsoft Draw, click Paste on the Edit menu. Your border will now appear as a lot of separate selected objects.
  6. Click on a blank portion of the drawing area to deselect everything. You can now click on each of the white background rectangles and delete them.

    NOTE: You may want to draw a large colored rectangle and send it to the back to make it easier to see the white background rectangles.
  7. Click Exit and Return to Publication on the File menu. Click Yes to update your publication.
Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:8/17/2005
Keywords:kbgraphic kbinfo KB136751
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