Problems w/ PDF document in autoplay slideshow

I've created an autoplay slideshow with iDVD.  Using MS Word, I then created a "credits" page, which I converted to PDF and inserted into my slideshow.  This worked okay, except that the background, which is white on the original PDF, has changed to black in the slideshow (even though it shows white in the thumbnails).  Does anyone have any idea what's going on here and how I can prevent the color change?  And on a similar note, is there an easier way to create credits pages and the like in iDVD?  Thanks!   

Rather than a pdf file conver them to jpeg files and use that.
It sounds like you have transparent background pdf files that iDVD doesn't support so it presents the background as black. I just ran a test with similar pdf files and go the same results.
Either convert them to non transparent pdf files or convert them to jpeg files.
For credit pages in a slideshow you can create the page in another application, like Pages, Word, etc., and use the Print ➙ PDF ➙ Safe PDF to iPhoto menu option.  This will create a jpeg file of the page which can be added to the iDVD slideshow. 
Any application and use the Print ➙ PDF ➙ Save PDF to iPhoto menu option to create a jpeg version of the document being printed.
OT

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