PUB97: Using Transparent GIF Files with Publisher 97 (154838)
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When you import a transparent CompuServe Graphics Interchange Format
(.gif) file into a publication, the graphic appears to be opaque on the
screen and when printed. However, if you create a World Wide Web site
based on the publication, the .gif image will be transparent when
viewed in a Web browser.
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A .gif file is a type of bitmap graphic; it is a rectangular array of
pixels, or dots, of different colors. Transparent .gif files aren't
truly transparent. They are 256-color bitmaps that contain additional
information that tells a photo-editing program or a Web browser to
replace pixels of a specific color with pixels from the background
color. Because Publisher is neither a Web browser nor a photo-editing
program, it doesn't use the transparency information. Publisher does,
however, retain the information. When you create a Web page based on
the publication, a Web browser uses the transparency information.
Overlapping Transparent .gif Files and Other Graphics
If you overlap two or more transparent .gif files and export the
publication for use as a Web page, the graphics will be combined into a
single .gif file, and the transparency information for both files will
be retained. However, if one of the .gif files appears to truncate the
other file in Publisher, the graphic will also appear to be truncated
in a Web browser.
You can also overlap a transparent .gif file and another type of
graphic file, such as a Publisher drawing object. When you export the
publication for use as a Web page, the two graphics will be combined
into a single .gif file and the transparency information in the .gif
file will be retained.
| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 11/7/2002 |
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| Keywords: | kbgraphic kbinfo kbinterop kbweb KB154838 |
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