Microsoft KB Archive/134838

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PRJ4: Characters Incorrectly Displayed with HP Pen Plotter

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Q134838

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Project for Windows, version 4.0
 * the operating system: Microsoft Windows 98
 * the operating system: Microsoft Windows 95
 * Microsoft Project for Windows 95, version 4.1

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SYMPTOMS
In Microsoft Project, when you view your project in print preview, some of the text in your project may be displayed incorrectly if you are printing to an HP pen plotter such as DraftMaster II, 7586B or DraftPro EXL.

CAUSE
If you are using the HP pen plotter driver, words that are formatted with Bold formatting are displayed with all of the characters stacked on top of each other. For example, the word "Task" appears as one illegible character; the letters appear on top of each other. In some cases, only the first letter of the word may be displayed. Note that with using the default text styles, this problem affects field headings and timescale text in most views.

This problem does not occur when you run Project 4.0 under Windows or Windows for Workgroups version 3.x.

Note that this is only a problem with the way information is displayed on your screen. Your project is printed correctly even if you are using Bold formatting and the document is displayed incorrectly in print preview.

MORE INFORMATION
This problem does not occur in Microsoft Excel or Word using the an HP pen plotter. Additionally, if you insert a Microsoft Project OLE object into a worksheet in Microsoft Excel, the object is displayed correctly in print preview in Microsoft Excel. If you insert a Microsoft Excel OLE object in a project file, the object also is displayed correctly in print preview in Microsoft Project (even though other text in the project may not be displayed correctly).

The third-party products discussed in this article are manufactured by vendors independent of Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding these products' performance or reliability.

Additional query words: 4.10 missing truncated cut off garbled

Keywords : kbprint

Issue type : kbbug

Technology : kbOSWin98 kbOSWin95 kbOSWinSearch kbProjectSearch kbProject410 kbProject400 kbProject95Search