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Anonymous
April 22, 2010
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Make Reference Page Graphic Frames Transparent?

  • April 22, 2010
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We have a Note style that uses a reference page graphic frame below the paragraph. When the style is used on a page that has a shaded background, the frame below the paragraph shows the graphic in a white square. The graphic is a gif with a transparent background, but the graphic frame is white. Is there a way to make the frame transparent?

The graphic is a circle, button-type icon, so even the smalest frame possible around the graphic shows the white.

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    Anonymous
    April 22, 2010

    Does the Reference Frame have a Fill Pattern of None and a Pen Pattern of None?

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    Anonymous
    April 22, 2010

    Why, no, it didn't. Thank you for asking. I never think about frames having properties like that!

    It does now and that makes a big difference. Thanks.

    Now the only white is the area in the imported graphic's frame itself since the frame is a square and the graphic is a circle. The graphic is a transparent gif, but does Framemaker recognize that?

    I did have no pen and no fill selected when I imported the file, just in case that was causing it, but it's still white.

    Now what?

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    Anonymous
    April 23, 2010

    One clarification to Michael's excellent summary: if you print to a non-PostScript printer, you'll end up with the screen image being used in the output. Hence, the common practice of producing a PDF and then printing the PDF.


    Thank you so much for the help. That does work!

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