Microsoft KB Archive/919544

= The text effect in a SmartArt graphic appears grainy when you save a presentation or when you paste a SmartArt graphic in a 2007 Office program =

Article ID: 919544

Article Last Modified on 10/15/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office Excel 2007
 * Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007
 * Microsoft Office Word 2007

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SYMPTOMS
Consider the following scenario. In Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007, you save a presentation as a picture. The presentation contains a SmartArt graphic. Or, you paste a SmartArt graphic as a picture in a 2007 Microsoft Office program. The SmartArt graphic has text that contains a text effect, such as one of the following effects:
 * Bevel
 * Glow
 * Reflection
 * Shadow

In this scenario, the text effect appears grainy.



Cause 1
This behavior occurs in PowerPoint 2007 when you save a presentation by using one of the following options:
 * Windows Metafile (*.wmf)
 * Enhanced Windows Metafile (*.emf)

Cause 2
This behavior also occurs in a 2007 Office program when you paste a SmartArt graphic by using one of the following options:
 * Picture (Windows Metafile)
 * Picture (Enhanced Metafile)



Workaround 1
To work around the behavior that is mentioned in Cause 1, save the PowerPoint 2007 presentation by using one of the following options:
 * Device Independent Bitmap (*.bmp)
 * GIF Graphics Interchange Format (*.gif)
 * PNG Portable Network Graphics Format (*.png)
 * JPEG File Interchange Format (*.jpg)

Workaround 2
To work around the behavior that is mentioned in Cause 2, paste the SmartArt graphic in a 2007 Office program by using one of the following options:
 * Bitmap
 * Picture (GIF)
 * Picture (PNG)
 * Picture (JPEG)

Additional query words: office2007 office2k7 office12 off2007 off2k7 off12 excel2007 excel2k7 excel12 xl2007 xl2k7 xl12 powerpoint2007 powerpoint2k7 powerpoint12 ppt2007 ppt2k7 ppt12 word2007 word2k7 word12 wd2007 wd2k7 wd12

Keywords: kbtshoot kbprb kbgraphic kbsavefile kbexpertiseinter KB919544

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