How do I blur /soften the edges of a photograph on publisher

I would like to blur or soften the edges of some of my photographs. My old Home Publisher used to do this as there was a "soften" option in the EDIT section. I have worked out how to use the fill effects to get a similar result but it doesn't seem to work on inserted photos or when I insert a photo into an auto shape. Any suggestions??

Home Publishing and Publisher are two different programs. You will need a photo editing program to do that. I recommend Adobe Photoshop Elements but there are others. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies" "RJ" <RJ@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:24B1B698-3A70-47C3-9764-7133E55BBA23@microsoft.com... >I would like to blur or soften the edges of some of my photographs. My old > Home Publisher used to do this as there was a "soften" option in the EDIT > section. I have worked out how to use the fill effects to get a similar > result but it doesn't seem to work on inserted photos or when I insert a > photo into an auto shape. Any suggestions??

If you have Word 2007 there is a soften edge utility for photos. Once you soften the edges you can copy/paste into Publisher. -- Mary Sauer http://msauer.mvps.org/ "RJ" <RJ@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:24B1B698-3A70-47C3-9764-7133E55BBA23@microsoft.com... >I would like to blur or soften the edges of some of my photographs. My old > Home Publisher used to do this as there was a "soften" option in the EDIT > section. I have worked out how to use the fill effects to get a similar > result but it doesn't seem to work on inserted photos or when I insert a > photo into an auto shape. Any suggestions??