Trying to create transparent background on line art image

I have an image that's black line are over a white background. I'm wanting to make that background transparent, and then lay it over another image so that only the dark lines show.
I've tried making the background of the line art image transparent, and then Placing that image on top of the other image, but it came in with a white background. I'm looking for the full photoshop version equivalent of where you could select the background color, and set it to transparency.
Also, give I have the line art image already placed on the background image, if there's a way to change the transparency of that image, that would be even better.
I'm going by instructions on the support page "Change the background color of a document", but I'm not sure where it is I open the Fonts window.
Any help on this will be greatly appreciated.
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If you want to create a blank file with transparent background, go to File>new>blank file, then select "transparent" under Background Contents,
If you open an image with a white background, the Background layer is a locked layer. Duplicate the background layer; it will titled background copy layer
Now, shut off the visibility of the background layer. Then, access the magic wand tool, click on a white area, and hit delete on the keyboard. On this tool''s option bar, you will have to check or unckeck contiguous, depending on the configuration of background/foreground interface. The tolerance setting may have to be adjusted for optimal results. The checkerboard pattern denotes transparency.
If you save your file, be sure to select a file type that supports transparency.

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