Making An Image Transparent

There are times that you insert an image like clip art and if you have a colored or textured background you get a white box around the image. You can make this transparent. You can also just make a certain color within the image transparent. When you use the transparent tool that is built into FrontPage you will actually be converting the image to a GIF. This is a file format for graphic images. Follow the directions below to make your image transparent.

1. Insert the following image into your page:
   

2. Click on the image. You want to make its background transparent.

3. Click on the transparent icon found on the pictures' toolbar.

4. You mouse now has the transparent tool on it. It looks like a pen, see image below. Click on the area that you want to make transparent. In the sample above I clicked on the yellow background to make that transparent.
   

5. A dialog box will open tell you that you will be converting the image to a gif. Click on yes.

6. You should get this: