Microsoft KB Archive/160255

= PUB: Parts of Graphic Missing When Pasted as Picture =

Article ID: 160255

Article Last Modified on 8/17/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Publisher 97 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Publisher 3.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Publisher 2.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Publisher 2.0a

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This article was previously published under Q160255



SYMPTOMS
If you copy a collection of drawing objects to the clipboard, and then paste them onto a page as a picture, some of the lines may appear to be missing or partially drawn. However, when you print the page or publish it as a Web page, the lines appear correctly.

If you change the zoom percentage, the missing lines reappear. They generally appear at a 75% zoom percentage or higher (the exact percentage depends on the resolution of your display.)



CAUSE
As separate or grouped objects, lines, boxes, circles, and so forth are self-contained Publisher metafile drawing objects. They contain all the necessary information to be displayed correctly on screen, as well as consistent measurement units so all are displayed in the same relative sizes.

When they are cut or copied to the clipboard and then pasted back as a picture, Publisher converts them into a single metafile drawing object. This new metafile object has different measurement units, and contains information not only about the lines that make up the object, but also on the areas between lines. This can cause Publisher not to display the line, but rather display only the empty space behind it.

When you zoom in on a page, Publisher uses more of the metafile's measurement units. Publisher is then more likely to display all the lines.



MORE INFORMATION
To paste a group of Publisher objects as a picture:
 * 1) Select one or more objects on your page.
 * 2) On the Edit menu, click Cut.
 * 3) On the Edit menu, click Paste Special.
 * 4) On the As: list, click either Picture or Metafile (depending on which version of Publisher you have).



STATUS
Microsoft is researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Additional query words: 2.00a 97 4.00 pub3 pub4 pub97 pub95 w_mspub disappear missing pixellated roundoff error outline broken dotted dashed larger view smaller enlarge reduce

Keywords: kbui kbprb kbusage KB160255

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