spamlet wrote:
> I notice that if I make pictures with transparent backgrounds in Photoshop,
> and save them for web as png, they open in Photo Editor with a grey and
> white chequered background instead of transparent. Can't see how I might
> turn off this presentation of the 'transparent' area?

That's how "transparent" is represented.

If you want a white background behind it, you'll have to put it there
yourself.

> For me this is not a terrible problem, as I just change the file associate
> to Picture and Fax Viewer, but how can I make the pictures so that they open
> without the background squares, whoever I might send them too?

Don't send them with transparent background--make it white.

-michael

"The wastebasket is our most important design
tool--and it's seriously underused."