PPT2000: Code to Change "White Areas" of Graphic to Transparent

• Microsoft PowerPoint 2000

SUMMARY

This article contains a sample Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro (Sub procedure) that changes all white areas of a selected graphic to transparent.

NOTE: This macro works best on black and white (1-bit) images. Grayscale or color images may contain pixels that are off-white. This macro does not affect off-white pixels.

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Q230746 PPT: Viewer: Presentation Macros Don't Run

Sample Visual Basic Procedure

   Sub MakeTransparent()

      With ActiveWindow.Selection.ShapeRange
         .PictureFormat.TransparentBackground = msoTrue

      ' If you want to make a different color transparent, change the RGB
      ' values in the next line of code. For example, if you want to make
      ' black the transparent color, change:
      '
      '   RGB(255, 255, 255)
      '
      ' to
      '
      '   RGB(0, 0, 0)
      '
         .PictureFormat.TransparencyColor = RGB(255, 255, 255)
         .Fill.Visible = msoFalse
      End With

   End Sub 

REFERENCES

For more information about using the sample code in this article, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q212536 OFF2000: How to Run Sample Code from Knowledge Base Articles

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