Tech Tip For Writers #7: Transparent Backgrounds

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Tech Tip For Writers #7: Transparent Backgrounds

Tech Tips for Soon-to-be Great Writers

Tech Tips for Writers is an (almost) weekly post on overcoming Tech Dread. I'll cover issues that friends, both real-time and virtual, have shared. Feel free to post a comment about a question you have. I'll cover it in a future Tip.

Q: When I insert my picture, the background isn't transparent, so it covers everything behind it. I want it see-through. How do I do that? BTW, I'm using Publisher.

A: Two ways, one simpler than the other.

Select the picture; use the picture toolbar pen.
If that doesn't show up, select the picture and then press CTRL T.

These don't work in 100% of cases. Probably 85-90%. I hope it covers your case.

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Jacqui Murray is the editor of a technology curriculum for K-fifth grade and creator of two technology training books for middle school. She is the author of Building a Midshipman , the story of her daughter's journey from high school to United States Naval Academy midshipman. She is webmaster for five blogs, an Amazon Vine Voice book reviewer, a columnist for Examiner.com , and a weekly contributor to Write Anything and Technology in Education . Currently, she's working on a techno-thriller that should be ready this summer. Contact Jacqui at her writing office or her tech lab, Ask a Tech Teacher.