When you use the Microsoft Office Document Imaging program to view a bilevel or a grayscale TIFF image, the image may appear as a negative image (898707)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Office Small Business Edition 2003
- Microsoft Office Excel 2003
- Microsoft Office Outlook 2003
- Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003
- Microsoft Office Publisher 2003
- Microsoft Office Word 2003
- Microsoft Office XP Professional
- Microsoft Office XP Small Business
- Microsoft Office XP Standard
- Microsoft Excel 2002
- Microsoft Outlook 2002
- Microsoft PowerPoint 2002
- Microsoft Publisher 2002
- Microsoft Word 2002
- Microsoft Office Professional Edition 2003
- Microsoft Office Standard Edition 2003
- Microsoft Office Students and Teachers Edition 2003
SYMPTOMSWhen you use the Microsoft Office Document Imaging program to view a bilevel or a grayscale Tagged Image File Format (TIFF) image, the image may appear as a negative image. For example, the white regions of the image may appear black, and the black regions of the image may appear white. CAUSEThis issue occurs if the bilevel or the grayscale TIFF image uses the PhotometricInterpretation TIFF image tag. If the PhotometricInterpretation tag is used, the Microsoft Office Document Imaging program interprets the image data based on the value of this tag. The PhotometricInterpretation tag uses the following values: | PhotometricInterpretation tag value | Description | | 0 | Image pixels with the color value of 0 are imaged as the color white. | | 1 | Image pixels with the color value of 0 are imaged as the color black. |
For more information about the PhotometricInterpretation tag, visit the following Aware Systems Web site:
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RESOLUTIONTo resolve this issue, open the TIFF image in an image editing program, and then change the value of the PhotometricInterpretation tag. For more information about how to change the value of the PhotometricInterpretation tag, see the documentation for the image editing program that you are using. Or, contact the manufacturer of the image editing program for help.
| Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 12/30/2005 |
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| Keywords: | kbgraphic kbImport kbtshoot kbprb KB898707 kbAudEndUser |
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