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Working with opacity
Opacity is applied at the color level, so you can specify opacity for just about
anything you can apply a color to, including the first or second color in a blend.
This means you can have different opacities at work on different attributes of
the same item — a text box border, a background, a picture, and each character
of text, for example, can have differing opacities.
Specifying opacity
Specifying opacity is as easy as specifying the shade of a color. In fact,
wherever you can pick a color — in the Colors palette, the Measurements palette,
the Style menu, and more — you can enter an opacity value from 0%
(transparent) to 100% (opaque) in 0.1% increments.
To specify opacity for a picture, enter a value in the Opacity field of the Picture
Box tab of the Measurements palette.
Specifying opacity for groups
Keep in mind that when you stack items of varying opacities, the colors are
combined and may produce a buildup of ink. For example, if you place a yellow
box with a 30% opacity in front of a cyan box with 100% opacity, the box in front
will become slightly greenish.
You can control this by grouping items and specifying a group opacity rather
than individual item opacities. To do this, on Windows, use the Group Opacity
field in the the Home tab of the Measurements palette. Depending on the effect
you want, you may need to revert the Opacity field for the individual items to
100% (otherwise, each item’s opacity is added to the group’s opacity).