Can I make image backgrounds transparent

Is there a way in AW drawings, to make it so that every thing WHITE in an image I make is actually transparent when used (pasted) OVER another background, like a web page?
In OLD AW, items saved as GIF would do this. AW 6 does not support gif I guess. A previous post I made, a reader said that the PNG format would be transparent. However, I was not able to make this work.
Suggestions?
JON

AppleWorks doesn't handle transparency well, even using formats such as .gif or .png saved with transparent backgrounds in another application. However, a few years ago I accidentally discovered that if an object is flipped or rotated in AppleWorks, the background will become transparent. The object doesn't even have to be .gif or .png & have transparency. Unfortunately, the last few times I tried this, it no longer worked, but it may for you.
Once I discovered this, I used GraphicConverter to flip an image horizontally & save it as a PICT. Then I insert the object in my AppleWorks document & flip it back. I use PICT because it is the only graphic format that will retain the native resolution. All other graphic formats are changed to 72 dpi by AppleWorks.

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