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**Hajeem** · 06 August 2014, 03:49 PM

Hi

I have a problem with the export of a PDF file. It does not show the same outlook as I have on my screen when exporting it. This does not happen when I export the file as a JPG-file. I made the poster in DPX10 and it is my first real attempt on making a poster, so be gentle. To create the outline I drew a rectangle from the quick shapes over the text and then I removed the fill. The line was made a bit thicker and done in my sponsors blue.

I enclose files of both exports

I hope you can help me again.

Thank you.

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**mwenz** · 06 August 2014, 04:15 PM

No idea what is going on nor how to help without a copy of the XAR file.

**wizard509** · 06 August 2014, 05:07 PM

I don't normally work with pdf's but I gave this a try and it was the weirdest thing your screen grab came out great, so I reproduced a small portion of it and made the line and text colors and the line came out black and the text disappeared. So I made a bitmap copy of my work and then everything looked like it should. What does that tell me?, I don't know. I couldn't find any settings to change from bw to color but thin I didn't know what I was doing anyway. So here we are, no help at all from me.

**gwpriester** · 06 August 2014, 05:19 PM

That should not happen.

Is there any chance you can attach your .XAR file for us to look at?

**Hajeem** · 06 August 2014, 05:21 PM

Originally Posted by mwenz

No idea what is going on nor how to help without a copy of the XAR file.

One XAR file coming up....
affisch oskarström.xar

**mwenz** · 06 August 2014, 05:33 PM

Delete the rectangle and make another one.

**mwenz** · 06 August 2014, 05:35 PM

Actually, just select the rectangle and click again on the no-fill icon in the Color Line. That fixes it.

Edit to add...

The rectangle has a linear fill from no color to no color. Which is why clicking on the no-fill icon fixes it. I think this is an error in the program but don't know for certain...but I think the net effect (linear no-fill to no-fill and simply no-fill) should result in the same outcome.

Second edit...the fill is an elliptical fill...

**Hajeem** · 06 August 2014, 05:56 PM

Originally Posted by mwenz

Actually, just select the rectangle and click again on the no-fill icon in the Color Line. That fixes it.

It did fix it; thank you

**wizard509** · 06 August 2014, 07:10 PM

Originally Posted by gwpriester

That should not happen.

Is there any chance you can attach your .XAR file for us to look at?

I assume you were speaking to me so I remade the file and here it is.

test.pdf

test.xar

**mwenz** · 06 August 2014, 07:47 PM

Not speaking to anyone in particular, except perhaps one of the Xara folks...

If either end of a gradient fill is set to no-fill, that location will be black. If one can manage to get both ends of a gradient to be no-fill, the result is the same as Hajeem's issue, a solid black fill. One should be able to have a solid to transparent gradient by using the fill tool.