Making the background of an inserted image transparent

[Kate Moncrieff]

Hi,

I'm working on a macro which inserts a metafile image into
a document and then resizes, repositions and ungroups it.
I'd like the macro to finally make the background of the
inserted image transparent but can't seem to find a way to
do this.

I can do it manually in Word by right-clicking on the
background of the ungrouped image, choosing the "Format
Autoshape..." option and changing the Fill colour on
the "Colours and Lines" page to "No fill". However, when
I try and record all this in VB, the actions are ignored.

Can anyone help? Many thanks!

Kate

 

[Word Heretic]

G'day "Kate Moncrieff" <[email protected]>,

Hmmm... check out the OleFormat verbs.

Hi,

I'm working on a macro which inserts a metafile image into
a document and then resizes, repositions and ungroups it.
I'd like the macro to finally make the background of the
inserted image transparent but can't seem to find a way to
do this.

I can do it manually in Word by right-clicking on the
background of the ungrouped image, choosing the "Format
Autoshape..." option and changing the Fill colour on
the "Colours and Lines" page to "No fill". However, when
I try and record all this in VB, the actions are ignored.

Can anyone help? Many thanks!

Kate

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