Microsoft KB Archive/59208

= PPT: Creating Transparent Bitmaps in Paintbrush for PowerPoint =

Article ID: 59208

Article Last Modified on 11/16/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft PowerPoint 95 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft PowerPoint 2.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft PowerPoint 3.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft PowerPoint 4.0 Standard Edition

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SUMMARY
You can create transparent bitmaps with Windows Paintbrush to import into PowerPoint for Windows by rendering the drawing as black and white. If the palette used is monochrome, shades of gray are imported into PowerPoint as black. The opaque portion of the picture can be recolored in PowerPoint.

NOTE: Transparent bitmaps don't print well to PostScript printers.



Method 1: If You Are Using Windows 95 Paint
To create a transparent bitmap in Windows 95 Paint for importing into PowerPoint 7.0, follow these steps:
 * 1) In Paint, click Attributes on the Image Menu.
 * 2) In the Colors section, click Black And White. Click OK.
 * 3) Draw the image.
 * 4) Click either the Free-Form Select or Select button and snare the displayed drawing.
 * 5) On the Edit menu, click Copy.
 * 6) Start PowerPoint and shade the slide background.
 * 7) On the Edit menu, click Paste Special and select Device Independent Bitmap. Only the lines of the drawing should appear; the background within the &quot;rectangle fuzz&quot; defining the object should be transparent.

Method 2: If You Are Using Windows 3.11 Paintbursh
To create a transparent bitmap in Windows Version 3.11 Paintbrush to import into PowerPoint 4.0, 3.0, or 2.0, do the following:
 * 1) In Paintbrush, click Image Attributes on the Options menu.
 * 2) In the Colors section, click Black and White. Click OK.
 * 3) On th eFile menu, click New.
 * 4) Draw the image.
 * 5) Click one of the two Scissor buttons and snare the displayed drawing.
 * 6) On the Edit menu, click Copy.
 * 7) Start PowerPoint and shade the slide background.
 * 8) On the Edit menu, click Paste. Only the lines of the drawing should appear; the background within the &quot;rectangle fuzz&quot; defining the object should be transparent.

Method 3: If Using Paint or Paintbrush, Save File as Monochrome Bitmap
Create a drawing in Paint or Paintbrush (in Windows 3.1) and save the file using the Save As command or copy the file as a monochrome bitmap using the Copy To command. Then, on the Insert menu in PowerPoint, click Picture to insert the object as a transparent bitmap.

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Keywords: kbgraphic kbinterop KB59208

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