Microsoft KB Archive/301399

= PPT2000: Font Spacing Incorrect When You Print Embedded Excel Chart =

Article ID: 301399

Article Last Modified on 10/18/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft PowerPoint 2000 Service Pack 1

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This article was previously published under Q301399



SYMPTOMS
When you print a slide that contains an embedded Microsoft Excel chart, some character pairs (such as 'm' and 'p') may have a different spacing than the rest of the text.

This spacing problem does not appear when you view the slide on the screen.



CAUSE
This problem occurs when the chart uses an 8 point font.



RESOLUTION
A supported hotfix is now available from Microsoft, but it is only intended to correct the problem that this article describes. Apply it only to systems that are experiencing this specific problem.

To resolve this problem, contact Microsoft Product Support Services to obtain the hotfix. For a complete list of Microsoft Product Support Services telephone numbers and information about support costs, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/?ws=support

Note In special cases, charges that are ordinarily incurred for support calls may be canceled if a Microsoft Support Professional determines that a specific update will resolve your problem. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for the specific update in question.

The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:   Date         Time       Version     Size       File name -  19-Apr-2001  21:26:32   0.0.0.0000  1,261,056  Powerpnt.msp 19-Apr-2001 22:25:12   0.0.0.0000  2,457,088  Powerpnt_Admin.msp 25-Apr-2001 12:41:56   0.0.0.0000      2,731  Readme.txt 19-Apr-2001 15:41:48   9.0.0.5218  4,251,700  Powerpnt.exe 30-Jun-2000 14:59:44   0.0.0.0000      4,096  Pptsec.mst 16-May-2000 13:10:30   0.0.0.0000    476,672  Ppttools.ppa



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

Keywords: kbqfe kboffice2000sp3fix kbprb kbhotfixserver KB301399

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