Microsoft KB Archive/312247

= MacOFFX: Picture with Semi-Transparency Applied Is Printed as Solid =

Article ID: 312247

Article Last Modified on 1/31/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office X for Mac Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Excel X for Mac
 * Microsoft PowerPoint X for Mac
 * Microsoft Word X for Mac

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This article was previously published under Q312247



SYMPTOMS
When you use the Fill Transparency slider from the Formatting Palette in the Fill and Line pane or on the Colors and Lines tab to make an entire imported picture semi-transparent, the picture does not appear to be faded or transparent when you print it or preview it. Instead, it is printed solid, as if the picture was never set to be transparent.



CAUSE
This problem occurs because the Mac OS X PostScript drivers do not support the use of transparencies that are assigned to images overall.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.



MORE INFORMATION
Apple plans to make PostScript Level 3 drivers available for Mac OS X in the future. At that time, transparencies will be printed as expected.

For more information, contact Apple Computer, Inc. For information about how to contact Apple, click the appropriate article number in the following list to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

65416 Hardware and Software Third-Party Vendor Contact List, A-K

60781 Hardware and Software Third-Party Vendor Contact List, L-P

60782 Hardware and Software Third-Party Vendor Contact List, Q-Z

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The third-party products that are discussed in this article are manufactured by companies that are independent of Microsoft. Microsoft makes no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding the performance or reliability of these products.

Additional query words: PPTX mac PPT2001KB OFFX MACOFFXKB opaque non-transparent flat hlgpg transparent X word excel powerpoint graphic fill

Keywords: kbbug kbpending KB312247

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