Microsoft KB Archive/126636

Mac Works: Freehand Drawing Objects Print Incorrectly

PSS ID Number: Q126636 Article last modified on 10-23-1998

3.0 3.0a 4.0 4.0a 4.0b

MACINTOSH

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The information in this article applies to:

 == Microsoft Works for the Macintosh, versions 3.0, 3.0a 4.0, 4.0a, 4.0b == 

= SYMPTOMS =

When you print a graphic created with Draw tools to a LaserWriter, the graphic may not print or additional lines may appear if smoothing is turned on. This problem also occurs when you use various pen sizes or when you use the free form tool.

NOTE: Smoothing turns on by default if the graphic is rotated, if handles are added, or if the Freehand tool was used.

= RESOLUTION =

In some cases, turning off smoothing corrects this problem. However, if the graphic contains sharply bent curves, turning off smoothing significantly distorts the graphic. For example, a circle drawn on the screen and then rotated will have smoothing turned on. If smoothing is turned off, the image will then look like an octagon. To avoid this, do one of the following:

= Method 1 =

  Select the image.   In Works 4.0, click Handles on the Tools menu, and click Add. Repeat this step three times. In Works 3.0, click Add Handles on the Draw menu. Repeat this step three times.   Turn off smoothing. In Works 4.0, click Smooth on the Tools menu to clear the Smooth check mark. In Works 3.0, click Smooth on the Draw menu to clear the Smooth check mark. This will put so many handles around the graphic that even with smoothing turned off, it will still retain its original shape.   View the document in Print Preview to see if it displays correctly, by choosing Print Preview from the File menu. -or- 

Method 2
  Select the image. </li>  In Works 4.0, click Breakup on the Tools menu. In Works 3.0, click Break Up on the Draw menu. </li>  Turn off smoothing. In Works 4.0, click Smooth on the Tools menu to clear the Smooth check box. In Works 3.0, click Smooth on the Draw menu to clear the Smooth check mark. This will turn the graphic into individual points so it won’t distort when smoothing is turn off. </li>  View the document in Print Preview to see if it displays correctly, by choosing Print Preview from the File menu. NOTE: In version 3.0, if you are not in a Draw document, you need do the following before you can access Print Preview: <ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha;">  On the Window menu, click Draw Off. </li>  On the File menu, click Print Preview. </li></ol> </li></ol>

NOTE: Once the graphic is separated into individual points, selecting it must be done by drawing a selection box around it (hold down the COMMAND key while drawing a box around the object). Clicking the line will no longer work because the graphic is broken into separate pieces.

If you try to select the graphic without drawing a selection box around it, smoothing will still be on for the rest of the graphic, and lines will be drawn for each point. This causes a zoom effect.

The document should now print normally on the LaserWriter.

= MORE INFORMATION =

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Works versions 3.0, 3.0a 4.0, 4.0a, and 4.0b for the Macintosh. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

KBCategory: kbprint kbbuglist kbprb KBSubcategory: mswksdrw macworkskb

Additional reference words: 3.00 4.00 4.00a 4.00b mac m_works lines draws drawn object free hand drawing gray line grey fuzzy blurry disjointed shape rectangle line arc freehand polygon rounded rectangle oval ====================================================================== Keywords : kbprint kbbuglist Version : 3.0 3.0a 4.0 4.0a 4.0b Platform : MACINTOSH Issue type : kbprb ============================================================================= Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1998.