Troubleshoot layering objects

I can't see or select a picture that I moved over a text box.

The picture frame might be beneath the text box in the publication.

1. Click the text box to select it.
2. On the Arrange menu, point to Order, and then click Send Backward until the picture frame appears.

Something on the background is covered up.

If you want to see everything on the background, you'll need to reposition or make transparent whatever is covering it, or move things on the background to a new position.

Make an object transparent.

1. Select the picture.
2. Press CTRL+T.

Tip

If the object does not have a transparent area, you can make one.

How?

You can create a transparent area in most pictures except in animated GIFpictures. Make these changes in an animated GIF editing program, and then insert the file again.

1. Select the picture you want to create transparent areas in.
2. On the Picture toolbar, click Set Transparent Color .
3. Click the color you want to make transparent.

Note   The Set Transparent Color option is available for bitmap pictures that don't already have transparency information. It's also available for some, but not all, clip art.

Watermarks don't show through.

Opaque objects will cover up the watermark; transparent objects won't.

Make an object transparent.

1. Select the picture.
2. Press CTRL+T.

Tip

If the object does not have a transparent area, you can make one.

How?

You can create a transparent area in most pictures except in animated GIF pictures. Make these changes in an animated GIF editing program, and then insert the file again.

1. Select the picture you want to create transparent areas in.
2. On the Picture toolbar, click Set Transparent Color .
3. Click the color you want to make transparent.

Note   The Set Transparent Color option is available for bitmap pictures that don't already have transparency information. It's also available for some, but not all, clip art.

I have pictures in a table, but I can't select them.

The frame is transparent, so clicking its center selects anything that's layered beneath it.

Do one of the following:

• Click the outline of the frame to select it.

• Press CTRL+T so that the frame is no longer transparent.

The pictures in my table don't resize with the table.

You need to group the table and the pictures you added to it before resizing them.

How?

1. Select the grouped objects you want to ungroup.

2. In the lower-right corner of the selection box, click Ungroup .