Problem with transparency and word

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MC WWTT
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Joined: Tue Jun 19, 2012 9:45 pm

Problem with transparency and word

Postby MC WWTT » Thu Oct 18, 2012 10:45 pm

Hello,

i want to insert vectorised graphics into MS Word. These graphics possess some elements which are transparent. But if I'm loading a .wmf file the transparent areas are black and when I'm importing a .emf file the transparent areas are white.

Can somebody help me?

Here are the screenshots:

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Jelle
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Joined: Sat Nov 06, 2010 11:25 am

Re: Problem with transparency and word

Postby Jelle » Mon Oct 29, 2012 3:13 am

Hello W,

Well,.. I guess you've just found out that SVG and WMF and EMF are not quite the same. Word simply doesn't support SVG either. I would suggest you'd use LibreOffice Writer if you'd like to have a good word processor that supports SVG. In some respects I even think that LibreOfiice is superior to MSOffice, so I would certainly check it out if I were you. Best of all,.. It's free. I personally have been using LibreOffice (previously OpenOffice) since 2000 as it was able to create documents of 100+ pages including illustrations without crashing, self corrupting and all that nasty stuff MS Office is famous for. LibreOffice supports most MSOffice formats for input and is the only word processor with a ISO certified document format ODF. MS also has a certified format, but that is not used by MSOffice (I'll never get the point of that).

In other words,.. you're trying to hit a nail with a screwdriver. Simply the wrong tool to do so.

Jelle
Posts: 78
Joined: Sat Nov 06, 2010 11:25 am

Re: Problem with transparency and word

Postby Jelle » Mon Oct 29, 2012 3:15 am

Hello W,

Get LibreOffice here:

http://www.libreoffice.org/


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