Not sure if this is PP-specific... When I insert certain ClipArt, their
borders/shadows are a fixed color that doesn't match the background, which
is ugly. To see what I'm talking about:

http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/808/21856646jt5.png

I thought maybe a white background would help, but it doesn't - looks just
as bad. Is there any solution to this problem? Thanks in advance.

(If the solution is ClipArt-specific, is there a more general solution for
all images? I.e. without resorting to elite skills using Photoshop's wand?)

BTW is there an instant-response community support resource for Microsoft
products? In the open-source world there's FreeNode IRC (chat), but I know
of no such help for Windows, Office, etc.

This here is as instant as it gets.
The thing you are concerned about is part of the picture. To get rid of
it, you'd have to edit it. If you take the radio in your example slide,
right-click it, select Edit Picture, press Yes. It will then convert it
into individual objects. Click on the shadow thing and once it shows the
selection frame, press delete. That will remove it. If you deleted the
wrong thing, use Undo. The radios have two such backgrounds, the router
only one.

Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP]
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"Yang" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:Xns9905CBD8887AEyangstaoverbored@207.46.248.16:

> Not sure if this is PP-specific... When I insert certain ClipArt, their
> borders/shadows are a fixed color that doesn't match the background, which
> is ugly. To see what I'm talking about:
>
> http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/808/21856646jt5.png
>
> I thought maybe a white background would help, but it doesn't - looks just
> as bad. Is there any solution to this problem? Thanks in advance.
>
> (If the solution is ClipArt-specific, is there a more general solution for
> all images? I.e. without resorting to elite skills using Photoshop's wand?)
>
> BTW is there an instant-response community support resource for Microsoft
> products? In the open-source world there's FreeNode IRC (chat), but I know
> of no such help for Windows, Office, etc.

Thanks, I didn't realize the vector ClipArt could be decomposed into
Office Art. Very handy! I'm really liking PP07.

(BTW, another way to do this - for the more pervasive case of raster
images - is to use the Select Transparent Color tool. This may leave
some jagged edges, esp. if you're using a contrasting background, so I
just apply Blur and/or Glow to the result.)

"Patrick Schmid [MVP]" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
news:(E-Mail Removed):

> This here is as instant as it gets.
> The thing you are concerned about is part of the picture. To get rid
> of it, you'd have to edit it. If you take the radio in your example
> slide, right-click it, select Edit Picture, press Yes. It will then
> convert it into individual objects. Click on the shadow thing and once
> it shows the selection frame, press delete. That will remove it. If
> you deleted the wrong thing, use Undo. The radios have two such
> backgrounds, the router only one.
>
> Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP]
> --------------
> http://pschmid.net
> ***
> Office 2007 RTM Issues: http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/11/13/80
> ***
> Customize Office 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/customize
> RibbonCustomizer Add-In:
> http://pschmid.net/office2007/ribboncustomizer OneNote 2007:
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> "Yang" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:Xns9905CBD8887AEyangstaoverbored@207.46.248.16:
>
>> Not sure if this is PP-specific... When I insert certain ClipArt,
>> their borders/shadows are a fixed color that doesn't match the
>> background, which is ugly. To see what I'm talking about:
>>
>> http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/808/21856646jt5.png
>>
>> I thought maybe a white background would help, but it doesn't - looks
>> just as bad. Is there any solution to this problem? Thanks in
>> advance.
>>
>> (If the solution is ClipArt-specific, is there a more general
>> solution for all images? I.e. without resorting to elite skills using
>> Photoshop's wand?)
>>
>> BTW is there an instant-response community support resource for
>> Microsoft products? In the open-source world there's FreeNode IRC
>> (chat), but I know of no such help for Windows, Office, etc.
>