Office 365 lets you adjust the opacity of a picture.
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This feature is available to Office 365 Subscribers only. |
Feb 28, 2007 - Only certain graphic file formats offer transparency as an option. Using Word, you can get decent results and a transparent background with. “Solid fill” offers transparency; “Gradient fill” offers transparency; “Picture or texture fill” offers transparency; yet “Pattern fill” does not.
- Insert a picture in your document.
- On the Picture Tools Format tab, select Transparency.The menu shows thumbnail-sized versions of seven preset transparency options for your picture (0%, 15%, 30%, 50%, 65%, 80% or 95%).
- Select a preset option. The picture in the document immediately changes according to your selection.
- Alternately, you can choose Picture Transparency Options to customize the transparency level.The Format Picture pane opens, and you can drag the Transparency slider rightward to decrease the opacity of the picture.
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Change the opacity of a picture | PowerPoint for Office 365, Word for Office 365, Excel for Office 365 Monthly Channel: Version 1810 or later Semi-annual (Targeted) Channel: Version 1902 or later Semi-annual Channel: Not available yet Find your Office version |
While earlier versions of Office for Windows don't have this Transparency feature, there is a workaround for picture transparency described in Make a picture transparent.
- Select the picture for which you want to change the transparency.
- Select the Picture Format tab, and then select Transparency .A gallery of preset transparency options for the picture appears.
- Select one of the preset options, or select Picture Transparency Options at the bottom for more detailed choices.The Format Picture pane opens on the right side.
- Under Picture Transparency, drag the transparency slider rightward to set the exact percentage of transparency you want, or set a percentage value in the box.You can vary the percentage of transparency from 0 (fully opaque, the default setting) to 100% (fully transparent).