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.
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ljb

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

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!
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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