Troubleshoot layering objects

Microsoft Office Publisher 2003

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The picture frame might be beneath the text box in the publication.

  1. Click the text box to select it.
  2. On the Arrange menu, point to Order, and then click Send Backward until the picture frame appears.

ShowSomething on the master page is covered up.

If you want to see everything on the master page, you'll need to reposition or make transparent whatever is covering the objects on the master page, or move things on the master page to a new position.

ShowMake an object transparent

  1. Select the object.
  2. Press CTRL+T.

ShowMake an object's color semi-transparent

  1. Right-click the object you wish to make semi-transparent, and then click Format <object type>.
  2. In the Format <object type> dialog box, click the Colors and Lines tab.
  3. In the Color list, make sure that something other than No Fill is selected.
  4. Under Fill, move the Transparency slider to get the percentage of transparency you want.

    ShowTip

    If a picture does not have a transparent area, you can make one.

    ShowHow?

    You can create a transparent area in most pictures except in animated GIF pictures. Make these changes in an animated GIF editing program, and then insert the file again.

    1. Select the picture you want to create transparent areas in.
    2. On the Picture toolbar, click Set Transparent Color Button image.
    3. In the picture, click the color you want to make transparent.

    Note  The Set Transparent Color option is available for bitmap pictures that don't already have transparency information. It's also available for some, but not all, clip art.

ShowMove an object on the master page

  1. On the View menu, click Master Page.
  2. In the Edit Master Pages task pane, click the arrow next to the master page you want to change, and then click Edit.
  3. On the master page, move the object or objects.
  4. Click View publication pages to return to a publication page.

ShowWatermarks don't show through.

The watermark is probably covered up by an opaque object. To see it, you'll need to reposition or make transparent whatever is covering the watermark.

ShowMake an object transparent

  1. Select the object.
  2. Press CTRL+T.

ShowMake an object's color semi-transparent

  1. Right-click the object you wish to make semi-transparent, and then click Format <object type>.
  2. In the Format <object type> dialog box, click the Colors and Lines tab.
  3. In the Color list, make sure that something other than No Fill is selected.
  4. Under Fill, move the Transparency slider to get the percentage of transparency you want.

    ShowTip

    If a picture does not have a transparent area, you can make one.

    ShowHow?

    You can create a transparent area in most pictures except in animated GIF pictures. Make these changes in an animated GIF editing program, and then insert the file again.

    1. Select the picture you want to create transparent areas in.
    2. On the Picture toolbar, click Set Transparent Color Button image.
    3. In the picture, click the color you want to make transparent.

    Note  The Set Transparent Color option is available for bitmap pictures that don't already have transparency information. It's also available for some, but not all, clip art.

ShowThe pictures in my table don't move or resize with the table.

You need to group the table and the pictures you added to it before moving or resizing them.

Show How?

  1. On the Objects toolbar, click the Select Objects tool Button image, and then drag the selection box around the objects that you want in the group.

  2. Click the Group Objects button Button image .

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