How to make a rectangle that has cut out letters so that the letters have the background color ?

[pikko_coppens]

Hi, greetings from Belgium. Thank you for your help, I just started using Paint Shop Pro.
Maybe you can help me out with the following thing I want to do.
1. I would like to create a white rectangle (maybe on a transparent background ??)
2. This white rectangle has a text in the centre, let's say the word "STONE".
3. This word "STONE" has no color, it should be transparent.
4. My goal is to export the white rectangle (saving it as a .png file). Then I can put it (in another image) on top of an orange background so that word "STONE" is now visible in orange.
It's like if I would cut the word "STONE" out a white paper rectangle and hold the latter in front of a orange paper so it appears as if the word "STONE" is printed in orange on the white rectangle.

thank you for any help.

[Jean-Luc]

Create a new image with the same size as your rectangle, filled with white.
In the Layers Palette, promote the Background layer.
Enter your text.
Do Selections/From vector object.
In the Layers Palette, click on the background layer.
Hit Delete key.
Save as PNG (retains the transparency).