On the Color and Lines tab, under the Fill section, drag the Transparency slider or click the spin button to increase and decrease the transparency.. Then click OK.. The shape becomes transparent.

You can change the background of the top right corner of your Office apps to Circles & Shapes, Underwater, Stars, Calligraphy, Circuit, Clouds, Doodle Diamonds, etc.

Robots and other automated systems have always had trouble visually gauging the 3D shape of transparent objects, like those made of glass. A new system addresses that problem, by using a laser to ...

Use PowerPoint’s Merge Shapes to “cut out” the text, so you can see the slide’s background through the transparent text. Move the rectangle from the second slide to the first, covering the ...

A new technique using fluid dyes in microplumbing to create miniature fluid-carrying chips improves the 3-D topography of these microstructures and makes that topography relatively easy to modify.