OFF2001: Black and White Are Reversed When You Save File as a Web Page or Graphic (300875)

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Excel 2001 for Mac
Microsoft PowerPoint 2001 for Macintosh
Microsoft Word 2001 for Macintosh

This article was previously published under Q300875

SYMPTOMS

When you save a Word document, an Excel workbook, or a PowerPoint presentation as a Web page, or if you save a PowerPoint presentation as a GIF or a PNG formatted picture, the colors black and white may be reversed for certain objects or, in the case of PowerPoint, for entire slides.

CAUSE

This behavior occurs because the export filters for Office 2001 exchange the end color files in the color table that is created for a GIF or a PNG picture. A color table has white as the first item and black as the last item. When an image is saved as a graphic that supports color tables, like GIF or PNG, the end colors exchange places in the file, causing the reversal of the two colors in the images.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, download and install the Microsoft Office 2001 Service Release 1 file. To do so, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/mac/downloads.aspx?pid=download&location=/mac/download/office2001/update_905.xml&secid=10&ssid=25&flgnosysreq=True

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.
This problem was corrected in Microsoft Office 2001 for Mac Service Release 1.

MORE INFORMATION

For additional information about the Office 2001 Service Release, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

294949 OFF2001: Readme for Microsoft Office 2001 for Mac Service Release 1 (SR-1)

Or, visit the Microsoft MacTopia Web site (http://www.microsoft.com/mac) for any additional updates.

Modification Type:	Major	Last Reviewed:	8/4/2006
Keywords:	kbbug KB300875