transparent image

[will_usher]

Hi,

I'm using Powerpoint for a design presentation, however I need to send
my work to the client with the word 'draft' shown across each page...
but transparent so that the images can be seen through the text.

Is there any way of doing this? The watermark option just lightens the
text but does not make it transparent.

Thanks.

 

[Guest]

Try using wordart.
Click Insert > Picture > WordArt.
Select the style of your preference. The second one would be recommended.
Click Ok.
Type in "Draft" and ok your way out.
Right click on the wordart, select Format WordArt.
Under Fill, set the transparency to 50%.
Click Ok. Is that what you want.?
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[Steve Rindsberg]

Hi,

I'm using Powerpoint for a design presentation, however I need to send
my work to the client with the word 'draft' shown across each page...
but transparent so that the images can be seen through the text.

As a practical matter, why?

If the client has PPT, they can simply remove whatever you've added to mark the
presentation as a draft.

There are programs that can drop semitransparent text onto images, though. You
might want to make a version of the presentation with images that've been so
treated. IrfanView will do this (www.irfanview.com). And it's free.

 

[will_usher]

Thanks for the word art method.

Good point on the client removing the text. Duh. Will probably have to
save as jpeg's and make a pdf.

 

[will_usher]

By the way... the document can be saved as 'read only' too.

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

By the way... the document can be saved as 'read only' too.

The PPT? That won't stop anyone who knows much. Rightclick the file, choose
Properties, clear the R/O check box, click OK. Protection? Gone.

The PPT can be saved with a password that prevents modification, though ... if
that's what you meant, it's a reasonable approach. But you need to make sure of
the version your client's using first. If they have PPT 2000 or earlier, or work
on a Mac, they won't be able to open password protected PPT files.

You mentioned making a PDF earlier ... you can print directly from PPT to PDF, so
no need to make jpgs or anything first. And you can protect the PDF against
modification easily (and that works reliabbly for any version of Reader/Acrobat the
client may have).

 

[will_usher]

yeh, you have just described the last few hours events. The client
couldn't open the file that prevents modification so I have printed to
PDF. Cheers.

 

[will_usher]

'Print to PDF' is doing weird stuff now though... some ares of the
pages are really low quality even set on 'press quality'.

 

[will_usher]

if I use the Bluebeam printer where is the document saved? I cant find
it.

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

'Print to PDF' is doing weird stuff now though... some ares of the
pages are really low quality even set on 'press quality'.

What's in the original PPT on those areas?

And Bluebeam ... haven't a clue, I'm afraid. What's a Bluebeam?