Characters Displayed Incorrectly in Pasted Bitmap Picture (115133)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Excel for Windows 95 7.0a
- Microsoft Excel for Windows 5.0c
This article was previously published under Q115133 SYMPTOMS
In Microsoft Excel, when you paste a bitmap picture to a worksheet or
chart sheet that has a View Zoom option that is set to less than
100%, the characters in the bitmap picture are unreadable.
CAUSE
When you paste a bitmap picture to a worksheet or chart sheet that has a
View Zoom option that is set to less than 100%, the bitmap is also scaled
to the zoom percentage; this zooming causes the text in the bitmap picture
to appear "chopped."
NOTE : When you set the View Zoom option to 100% on a chart sheet, bitmap
pictures that have been pasted on the chart sheet are not scaled. Because
of this lack of scaling, when you paste a bitmap picture to a chart sheet,
and the bitmap picture is scaled, the bitmap is not correctly scaled back
to 100% when you set the View Zoom option for the chart sheet to 100%.
Objects on a worksheet, however, are scaled correctly when you change
the View Zoom option.
An example of when this problem may occur is when you paste a bitmap
picture of a chart to another chart sheet. When you create a chart sheet in
a workbook, the chart sheet is displayed with a View Zoom option of less
than 100% so that the entire chart can be viewed in the window. If you then
paste a bitmap picture of a chart to this chart sheet, the pasted chart is
scaled, and the text on the chart is displayed incorrectly.
WORKAROUND
To avoid this behavior when you paste a bitmap picture to a worksheet
or chart, do any of the following: - When you use the Copy Picture command to copy an object such as a chart
or range of cells, use the Picture option under Format.
-or-
- When you use the Copy Picture command to copy an object such as a chart
or range of cells, use the As Shown When Printed option under
Appearance.
-or-
- Use the Zoom command on the View menu to change the Magnification option
to 100% before you paste a bitmap picture to the sheet.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft
products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching
this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft
Knowledge Base as it becomes available.
| Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 8/15/2003 |
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| Keywords: | KB115133 |
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