>>1703452thanks for responding. I was actually looking at that before and was experimenting with the values and also tried editing the images completely transparent and I didnt get any visible change.
the guide is useful for whats what but that about it. also the explanation for the area im refering to is ommited in it lol pg 7-8.
in anycase i found a posting which included that missing line and this is where I have been experimenting (pic related). this seems like an easy thing to do so I think im overlooking something obvious or there's some kind of prerequisite to changes taking effect. will a theme work with just a .msstyles file?