H
Hunter
I have been working faithfully w/Pub 2003 now for a few years; I use the
program predominantly for superimposing MS drawing objects and text over
imported jpgs and other photo/graphic formats, which I then export with Save
as Picture.
As such, I have a "template" file where I keep several designs I have
created and use regularly. All of these consist of a basic MS drawing object
shape grouped with Word Art. The fill (for both) consists of a gradient with
separate transparency settings for each color.
I have never experienced *any* problems whatsoever with Publisher until
recently, when I opened the above-mentioned file to find that all of the
designs (word art and shapes - jpgs still display correctly) I had been using
for months now display in what appears to be a 16-color mode. In
troubleshooting the problem, I find that the program still displays gradients
correctly, and that the problem manifests when I attempt to apply any
transparency whatsoever to the object. (This applies to newly created
objects as well.) Further, when I group the object with a jpg and Save as
Picture as I have in the past, the transparency displays correctly in the
independent jpg, as it has always done.
Rather curiously (and I suspect most telling), when I attempted to draw the
same shape in Word, I experienced the same problem when applying the
transparency to the shape - UNTIL I set the transparency to 100% and lowered
it from there. I no longer experience this problem with Word, but this
'solve' did not work for Publisher.
I have subsequently run a 'fix problem' installation and complete
reinstallation of Publisher to no avail and all drivers are current.
....So the problem is basically one of convenience; it becomes rather
difficult to design efficiently when I am forced to export the entire graphic
to view it correctly. Why would Publisher simply begin to render differently
like this?
Thanks for the help,
H
program predominantly for superimposing MS drawing objects and text over
imported jpgs and other photo/graphic formats, which I then export with Save
as Picture.
As such, I have a "template" file where I keep several designs I have
created and use regularly. All of these consist of a basic MS drawing object
shape grouped with Word Art. The fill (for both) consists of a gradient with
separate transparency settings for each color.
I have never experienced *any* problems whatsoever with Publisher until
recently, when I opened the above-mentioned file to find that all of the
designs (word art and shapes - jpgs still display correctly) I had been using
for months now display in what appears to be a 16-color mode. In
troubleshooting the problem, I find that the program still displays gradients
correctly, and that the problem manifests when I attempt to apply any
transparency whatsoever to the object. (This applies to newly created
objects as well.) Further, when I group the object with a jpg and Save as
Picture as I have in the past, the transparency displays correctly in the
independent jpg, as it has always done.
Rather curiously (and I suspect most telling), when I attempted to draw the
same shape in Word, I experienced the same problem when applying the
transparency to the shape - UNTIL I set the transparency to 100% and lowered
it from there. I no longer experience this problem with Word, but this
'solve' did not work for Publisher.
I have subsequently run a 'fix problem' installation and complete
reinstallation of Publisher to no avail and all drivers are current.
....So the problem is basically one of convenience; it becomes rather
difficult to design efficiently when I am forced to export the entire graphic
to view it correctly. Why would Publisher simply begin to render differently
like this?
Thanks for the help,
H