[softwarelist] Transparent text background colour in Ovation Pro
- From: "John Grogan" <johngrogan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "David Pilling \(softwarelist\)" <davidpilling@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 00:03:09 -0000
In an Ovation Pro document I am using a text frame with light grey text behind
the main frame as a "watermark". I would like the watermark to be visible even
where text has a background colour. Is there any way of setting a text
background colour which appears normal if there is nothing (i.e. white) behind
it but allows any non-white colour to show through?
One solution (albeit slightly awkward) is to duplicate the main text frame then
sandwich the watermark between the two frames with the following settings:
Top frame: Text foreground black, background transparent throughout
Middle frame: The watermark
Bottom frame: Text foreground transparent, background coloured (where
needed)
with the bottom frame aligned beneath the top frame. This works OK but I
wonder if anyone has a suggestion for something more straightforward?
Thanks & regards
John Grogan
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