How can I have transparent background on b/w drawing?

I have many technical drawings saved as tiff files that need the outer background transparent while maintaining the white fill within the drawings. I need this so that I can place the drawings within other documents created in both ID CS4 and AI CS4. Any idea how I can achieve this?
Thanks,
Mel

I would say your best bet is to use the wand tool, (make sure Contiguous + Anti-alias are both checked) and select the area around the outside of the drawing.. then use the [ Refine Edge... ] button near the checkboxes, and fine-tune the edge settings, and finally, delete the outside area. Make sure the layer that you're working with is not a background layer, and if it is, right click the background layer and select "layer from background."
Hope that helps!
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