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Greg, you're right. The main thing I was trying to achieve is to have a
library of irregularly shaped objects in various shades. Each is component
overlay. They need to be programmatically selected and merged into a
singular graphic with registration intact. Then the merged graphic gets
programmatically inserted into a gussied-up Word "container" file with
other parameters.
On Thu, May 24, 2018 at 8:21 AM, Sweet, Gregory P (HEALTH) <
gregory -dot- sweet -at- health -dot- ny -dot- gov> wrote:
> I am curious why this required two images files when the output was Word.
> It seems to me the simplest solution would be to flatten the image, and
> export at the target spec of the word document.
>
> Cheers!
>
> Greg
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> The solution is pretty simple. In Illustrator, I set the Export
> settings
> such that the rectangular background is transparent.
>
> In Word, I then insert Overlay1.png as Text Wrapping - Square (not
> Inline
> w/ Text), making certain that the Layout > Position tab has the
> following
> settings:
>
> *Horiz*.: *Absolute position* <*value*> *to the right of* Left Margin
>
> Vert: *Absolute position* <*value*> *below* Top Margin
>
> I can then insert Overlay2.png with all of the same values.
>
> Presto!
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