Black Background on WordArt JPG SaveAs

[Guest]

My 3rd posting, previous seem to be going into limbo. I Apologize in advance
if they all suddenly appear.

For XP Office PwrPt. After creating a WordArt (jpg banner for html page)
when Rt Clicking the WordArt to SaveAs Picture (JPG selected for file fmt).
The actual saved JPG file has a Black Background, even though the original
WordArt image has a White background. This is a new and undesired feature.
Does anyone know how I can make the save WISIWAG?

 

[Paul Jackman]

I believe what you are seeing is a transparent background in your saved
WordArt which is the default. In any case if you paste it to MS Paint or any
graphics app then create the desired background, crop it to size and save it
as .JPG. When you bring it into PowerPoint it will now be a picture with
white background, not wordArt text.

Paul

 

[Adam Crowley]

Word Art objects don't have a background colour, the areas not occupied by
text are transparent (drag one off the page to prove it). So even if your
slide is white (which I presume is what you're thinking of as the Word Art's
background) that's not part of the Word Art and so doesn't get saved with
it. And as JPEGs don't support transparency they get saved with a default
background colour (I've only ever seen black).
You say this is something that you've done in previous versions of
PowerPoint but before 2002 there was no Right click>Save as image feature so
did you do it another way?
In every version of PowerPoint that I've just tried if you copy a word art
and then paste special as JPG it comes in with black background.

 

[Ute Simon]

For XP Office PwrPt. After creating a WordArt (jpg banner for html page)
when Rt Clicking the WordArt to SaveAs Picture (JPG selected for file
fmt).
The actual saved JPG file has a Black Background, even though the original
WordArt image has a White background. This is a new and undesired
feature.
Does anyone know how I can make the save WISIWAG?

In addition to what Paul and Adam answered: Place a white rectangle behind
your WordArt, group those two elements, then use "Save as Picture" to save
as JPG.

Kind regards,
Ute

 

[Adam Crowley]

I'm humbled into (almost) silence.

In addition to what Paul and Adam answered: Place a white rectangle behind
your WordArt, group those two elements, then use "Save as Picture" to save
as JPG.

Kind regards,
Ute

 

[Ute Simon]

I'm humbled into (almost) silence.

Adam,

I learned so much about PNGs and transparency from you (thank you for
that!), but if someone desperately needs a non-transparent JPG ... ;-))

Kind regards,
Ute