DATAFRAME CLIP IN LAYOUT VIEW

[nimitz]

Hey all,
I often have to place ZOOMED in areas of maps. The problem that I have is that the new data frame clips don't make a TRANSPARENT BACKGROUND. So, when you clip - the areas of the dataframe are white. I have played around with BACKGROUND and tried NONE but it ALWAYS makes the background white. Is there a way around this?

Thanks

[nimitz]

Does one of the layers in the data-frame have a transparency or a graphic inserted?

Any layers that have a transparency enabled will cause that "white" background effect and also, exporting to a vector based format will cause the white background to show up.

See: http://forums.arcgis.com/threads/21701-inserting-a-png-or-image

The workaround was to export the map to a raster like a jpeg, png, tiff...

I also found recently that if I used ArcMap's export to PDF (from File pulldown) it would show the white background.
I had to "print" the map using a PDF printer driver like "Adobe PDF" which would print the layout to a pdf file and that did not show the white background.

hmmm...this is intriguing. I don't have a raster(ie gif/png/jpg) inserted into my zoom-in data frame. I have an ADOBE PDF printer as an option. I think I'll give that a shot. If I have to export to a raster(tiff or jpg) that would REALLY be disappointing.

Thanks

[JeffTimm]

I am having the same issue.  Did you ever figure this out??

[nimitz]

I am having the same issue.  Did you ever figure this out??

No, I never did. I did install SP5 for 10.0 last week and MAYBE I should try it again. REALLY frustrating.

Are you on 10.1?

[JeffTimm]

Yes I am in 10.1.  I have not installed sp1 yet.