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PPT98: Unexpected Results Overlapping Two Semi-Transparent Objects

Article ID: 188916

Article Last Modified on 10/3/2002

Microsoft PowerPoint 98 for Macintosh

This article was previously published under Q188916

SYMPTOMS

In PowerPoint you can apply semi-transparent color fills to an object. A semi-transparent fill creates a see-through effect, allowing you to see through an object to whatever is behind it. However, if you overlap two objects that both have a semi-transparent fill, you lose the see-through effect. Where the two objects overlap, only the color of the object on top is visible.

CAUSE

When a semi-transparent fill is selected, color is placed in alternate pixels. When two objects with semi-transparent fills are overlapped, the same pixel locations are being used by both objects at the overlapping area (so that only the color from the object on top is visible).

WORKAROUND

In order to have the see-through effect, an object filled with a semi- transparent fill must be placed over an object with a solid fill. Solid fills can be shaded, patterned, or textured.

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