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Pub 2003 One Color Gradient Changes in PDF
I have selected a one color gradient (horizontal) from the fill effects box,
with dark at top and bottom, fading into the center of the page. This is a background that fills the page behind text and a photo. It will bleed, so I need the darkest part at top and bottom. The gradient looks terrific on the screen, but when I convert the file to PDF, the gradient reverses itself - the darkest part is in the middle of the page, and it fades toward the top and bottom. I have tried saving the text box (the only thing in it is the gradient fill) as a PNG and reinserting. When I converted that file to PDF, the color was in the right place, but it was a dark box at the top and bottom, no gradient. Yuck. I've read through all the posts (got the idea of saving as PNG and reinserting from Mary) and haven't seen a situation exactly as this. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance. I learn a lot from searching a topic and reading through the previous posts. -- ljb |
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Pub 2003 One Color Gradient Changes in PDF
ljb wrote:
I have selected a one color gradient (horizontal) from the fill effects box, with dark at top and bottom, fading into the center of the page. This is a background that fills the page behind text and a photo. It will bleed, so I need the darkest part at top and bottom. It sounds like you're using transparency. If this is a background, it will save you a lot of hassle if you lose the transparency and use solid colours instead; you should be able to get exactly the same effect. You can use a two-colour gradient to give you finer control over the colours at the ends and the middle if the one-colour option doesn't give you enough flexibility to get the same appearance. -- Ed Bennett - MVP Microsoft Publisher http://ed.mvps.org |
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Pub 2003 One Color Gradient Changes in PDF
Thank you so much! I spent a lot of time trying to figure it out, and afraid
it was a bug, so I am ecstatic that your solution works great! Thanks again! -- ljb "Ed Bennett" wrote: ljb wrote: I have selected a one color gradient (horizontal) from the fill effects box, with dark at top and bottom, fading into the center of the page. This is a background that fills the page behind text and a photo. It will bleed, so I need the darkest part at top and bottom. It sounds like you're using transparency. If this is a background, it will save you a lot of hassle if you lose the transparency and use solid colours instead; you should be able to get exactly the same effect. You can use a two-colour gradient to give you finer control over the colours at the ends and the middle if the one-colour option doesn't give you enough flexibility to get the same appearance. -- Ed Bennett - MVP Microsoft Publisher http://ed.mvps.org |
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