photoshop help

Hey everyone. A friend of mine sent me some maps from his work and I'm trying to use photoshop to turn them into jpegs so that I can post them on the internet. When the maps open up on photoshop however the white background turns into a mix of white and grey checkers. Anyone got suggestions on how to fix that? Thanks for the help
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or save as > select jpg -- it will say "file must be saved as a copy with this selection" > hit save
or you can always save as png, with transparent background.