transparency question Mac to Windows

Well, yes, throughout my presentation, I have text boxes with lines of type that is not opaque. With one of these text boxes selected, I go to: Format>Font, and I can adjust the transparency slider to adjust the type to be a subtle design element.

This is all done with Office 2004 for Mac. However when I take the file to a Windows machine running Office 2007 (where the presentation will be delivered from), this effect is lost. Any text with this transparency adjustment, is, instead, opaque.

I'm wondering if there is anything I can do--short of making all the changes on the Windows machine. I'm also wondering if I upgrade to 2008 on the Mac, if this will help me with this issue in the future.

thanks for your help.
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Thanks for the feedback, scottiep :)

Yeah, transparency is indeed lost and there's no workaround in PPT 2004 that
I could find. Upgrading to PPT 2008 though works. Furthermore, you can save
to .ppt (instead of .pptx) in PPT 2008 and still maintain visual fidelity
(preserved text transparency) when opening the file in Windows Office 2007.

I hope this helps,
June
OfficeArt Tester, MacBU
Microsoft


On 2/21/08 7:13 AM, in article ee8e2b7.1 DeleteThis @webcrossing.caR9absDaxw,
"scottiep@officeformac.com" wrote:

> Well, yes, throughout my presentation, I have text boxes with lines of type
> that is not opaque. With one of these text boxes selected, I go to:
> Format>Font, and I can adjust the transparency slider to adjust the type to be
> a subtle design element.
>
> This is all done with Office 2004 for Mac. However when I take the file to a
> Windows machine running Office 2007 (where the presentation will be delivered
> from), this effect is lost. Any text with this transparency adjustment, is,
> instead, opaque.
>
> I'm wondering if there is anything I can do--short of making all the changes
> on the Windows machine. I'm also wondering if I upgrade to 2008 on the Mac, if
> this will help me with this issue in the future.
>
> thanks for your help.

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Hi k8wdesign :)

Thanks for reporting this. Unfortunately, there isn't a workaround other
than to set the transparency in PPT2007 and resaving the presentation.
You'll find that setting Transparent Color on the PC will not transfer to
the Mac either. We are investigating this issue, as it does not seem to
reproduce with all pictures.

Thanks,
-June
OfficeArt Tester, MacBU
Microsoft

On 4/23/08 1:17 PM, in article ee8e2b7.3 RemoveThis @webcrossing.caR9absDaxw,
"k8wdesign@officeformac.com" wrote:

> Hi I am working on a PPT 2008 and I placed a PNG image and used the
> Transparent Color tool to knock out the middle of the image. The goal was to
> have the middle of the image change color as it moved across the page. It
> works fine on the mac but when I transfer it to a PC running PPT2007 the image
> looses it's transparency. Is there anyway to make this not happen?

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