Adjusting Image Transparency for Version 7.2

Introduction

Illustrations and Chart Editor features used in this article are from OnePager Pro using data from Microsoft Project but the features, function, controls, and manual edits apply equally to other OnePager editions that import from data sources like Microsoft Excel, Smartsheet, Oracle Primavera P6, Project for the Web, Planisware Enterprise, Asana, and Wrike.

Adjusting Background Image Transparency

When background images are initially inserted into the graph they are opaque. Initially the presence of such a background image can distract from the project management information the chart is intended to convey. To resolve such a situation and provide more flexibility, you have the option of editing how transparent the inserted background image can be in the graph.

The greater the transparency, the less potential distraction the inserted background image can appear. Conversely, the less the transparency setting, the more prominent the inserted background image appears in the graph.

Increasing Background Image Transparency

Editing background image transparency is done by accessing the background image right-click context menu in the background image's area where there are no task bars/milestone symbols, decorations, or adornments as shown here:

Then click the Properties … command to accesses the Image Properties form that lets you adjust transparency as shown below:

To increase the transparency, that is, to be able to see task bars/milestone symbols and other objects behind the image, slide the Transparency bar to the right:

When you are at the level of transparency you want, click the OK button on the Image Properties form and the background image looks like this:

Decreasing Background Image Transparency

When a background image is first inserted into the graph, the default transparency is zero (0%) percent or its maximum opacity. To decrease the transparency, that is, to be able to hide task bars/milestone symbols and other objects behind the background image, slide the Transparency bar to the left from the position the slide was previously located.

Additional Editing Controls in the Image Properties Form

There are other controls in the Image Properties form that are useful for doing manual editing of the selected background image. The Image Properties form is shown here:

Width and Height

The Width and Height windows support two (2) functions:

1) When you edit the size of a background image in the chart, the Width and Height windows display the actual size of the background image in either inches or centimeters depending on your selection of Template Properties form for the chart.

2) The Width and Height windows can also be accessed and their contents changed manually as an alternate method for changing the dimensions of the background image in the graph.

Maintain Aspect Ratio

The Maintain aspect ratio checkbox is used solely in the form to lock and unlock the width and height controls from maintaining the current aspect ratio between them. Accessing the Image Properties form shown above, always shows the Maintain aspect ratio checkbox checked ON. When you manually change, say, the Width value in the Image Properties form with the Maintain aspect ratio checkbox checked ON, OnePager makes a change to the Height value, in this case, to maintain the aspect ratio originally present when the form was accessed. As a result, when you click OK on the form, OnePager changes the width/height of the Background Image to correspond to the new Width and Height settings you changed.

If you check OFF the Maintain aspect ratio checkbox in the Image Properties form, the Width and Height values are no longer coordinated together and a change to the Width, for example, does not cause a corresponding aspect ratio change to the Height and vice-versa.

If you make a manual change to a selected Background Images' width or height in the graph, the new values are made available in the Image Properties form when it is accessed. These manually determined width and height values become the current aspect ratio that is maintained if width or height changes are made, as described above, within the Image Properties form's Width or Height windows as the Maintain aspect ratio checkbox is always checked ON when the form is first accessed.

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