"Publisher doesn't recognize transparency"

Question

Publisher 2003 - I have an image that I edited in Photoshop Elements 6 to be "feathered" and have a transparent background.  I've saved the image in several formats (jpeg, gif, tiff).  When I insert the image into Publisher, it's not transparent...I can simulate transparency by using the "set transparent color" tool, which is fine if I'm just printing on desktop printer.  When I print the publisher file to a PDF, however, the transparency looks awful, especially when printed on high quality laser.

Is there any way around this?  Thank you.

Answer 1

Might be worth a try to save the publication

as a Picture and then create the .pdf.

Answer 2

Tried it on a single page - it works!  Saved it as a GIF, then brought it into Photoshop elements to make the PDF.  Thanks for your help.

Answer 3

Was hoping to avoid that, it's 8 pages...not impossible, just tedious.  Thanks.

Answer 4

I'm sorry, I didn't explain properly.  What gets lost when I print to PDF is not the transparency so much as it is the "feathering" of the edges of the image, I end up with a hard edge (in this case, an oval) instead of feathered, transparent image.

Answer 5

Forgive me for asking but are you positive the edited

photo has a transparent edge?

The reason I ask is because .gif and .tif shoud work.

Might be worth a try to save in the .PNG format.