Text may not appear as expected when you print a workbook in Excel 2004 for Mac (915172)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Excel 2004 for Mac

SYMPTOMS

When you print a workbook in Microsoft Excel 2004 for Mac, you may experience one or more of the following symptoms:
  • Wrapped text in a cell does not print as expected. For example, text appears in adjacent cells, contains extra spaces, or is truncated.
  • Cell borders that use double, thin dash-dot-dot, or thin dash-dot patterns do not print as expected.
  • Double underlines print as single thick underlines.
  • The text to which you applied the Outline effect is bold.
You may also experience this problem when you click Preview in the Print dialog box.

This problem does not occur in Microsoft Excel X for Mac.

CAUSE

This problem may occur if the print quality is set to Normal.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, set the print quality to High. To do this, follow these steps:
  1. Start Excel 2004 for Mac.
  2. On the File menu, click Page Setup.
  3. In the Print quality list, click High, and then click OK.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:3/24/2006
Keywords:kbprint kbtshoot kbprb KB915172 kbAudEndUser kbAudGeneralUser kbAudITPRO
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