muelli75 Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 Hi! Isnt it possible to give a placed PDF-file a border and/or a background in Publisher 1.9.2.1024? I have to do a workaround by droping a (white) rectangle behind the placed PDF. But this is very timeconsuming and not handy. Choosing a border and a backgroundcolor on the marked PDF-box is not working. Nothing is happen. Thanks for any hints. Martin Quote Regards, Martin iMac 27", 2017/Big Sur 11.2.2 MacMini M1/BigSur 11.2.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 Place it into a Picture Frame. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muelli75 Posted March 29, 2021 Author Share Posted March 29, 2021 Thank you @walt.farrell for this hint, but its not 100% working. See the screenshot, its working for the border - but sadly not for the background. It seems that the PDF keeps it transparencys. In the sample there is a shadow applied. Only the box should drop a shadow, not the elements inside the picturebox. Quote Regards, Martin iMac 27", 2017/Big Sur 11.2.2 MacMini M1/BigSur 11.2.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 For that you will have to create a rectangle and apply the effect, I think. You can group it with the Picture Frame later so if you move one they both move. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muelli75 Posted March 29, 2021 Author Share Posted March 29, 2021 now I´m sad 😥 - that is some extrawork in these fast-moving times. this background-feature is a often needed feature in creating newspaper-layouts AllAppsUser 1 Quote Regards, Martin iMac 27", 2017/Big Sur 11.2.2 MacMini M1/BigSur 11.2.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 Off-hand, I don't recall seeing drop-shadows in newspapers that I read. Or at least, not very often. But if it's something you need often, then you could, for example, create a Picture Frame, and a rectangle under it in the Layers panel, and apply the shadow to the rectangle, and create a group from them, and create an Asset from the group. Then all you'd need to do when you need another one is drag it out of the Assets panel, and adjust its size. Then select the picture frame, and Place the PDF. muelli75 1 Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muelli75 Posted March 29, 2021 Author Share Posted March 29, 2021 53 minutes ago, walt.farrell said: Off-hand, I don't recall seeing drop-shadows in newspapers that I read. Or at least, not very often. For sure, but this should demonstrate "my" issue. We often have to place some advertisments on a coloured or patternd background. Therefore, the placed pdf must have a white background. So we have to do your workaround about 20 to 80 times in each newspaper. Thats annoying. Another little thing why I cant cancel my RedA-subscription. 😞 Quote Regards, Martin iMac 27", 2017/Big Sur 11.2.2 MacMini M1/BigSur 11.2.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 7 minutes ago, muelli75 said: o we have to do your workaround about 20 to 80 times in each newspaper. Thats annoying. No, you don't. The standard picture frame functions work if you need a Fill or a Stroke on the frame, as I initially suggested. The workaround is only for effects like the drop shadow. And even then, to use the workaround you just drag the asset to the page and adjust its size. That's two clicks and a drag to create the frame where you want it and sized as you want it. Then you place the PDF. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stepaan Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 There is simplier solution. Place PDF, convert the rectangle to a Picture frame, and now click on Clear Fill on Populate button in the top left corner. Now you can set the colour of the background and the stroke. muelli75 and walt.farrell 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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