Microsoft KB Archive/908021

= In Excel, PowerPoint, and Word, a white background or white area in a graphic may appear as off-white, but the background or white area of the graphic prints as light gray =

Article ID: 908021

Article Last Modified on 7/27/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office Excel 2003
 * Microsoft Excel 2002 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003
 * Microsoft PowerPoint 2002 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Office Word 2003
 * Microsoft Word 2002 Standard Edition

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SYMPTOMS
You insert a graphic that contains a white background or white area into a document in one of the programs that are listed in the &quot;Applies to&quot; section. When you view the document, the background or white area of the graphic may appear as off-white. However, when you print the document, the background or white area of the graphic prints as light gray.



CAUSE
This issue may occur when the graphic is a .png or .bmp graphic.



WORKAROUND
To work around this issue, open the .png or .bmp graphic in a graphic editor. Then, save the graphic in any one of the following graphic formats:
 * .gif
 * .jpg or .jpeg
 * .tif or .tiff

Then, insert the new graphic into the document.

Additional query words: excel2003 excel2k3 xl2003 xl2k3 excel2002 excel2k2 excelxp xl2002 xl2k2 xlxp powerpoint2003 powerpoint2k3 ppt2003 ppt2k3 powerpoint2002 powerpoint2k2 powerpointxp ppt2002 ppt2k2 pptxp word2003 word2k3 wd2003 wd2k3 word2002 word2k2 wordxp wd2002 wd2k2 wdxp

Keywords: kbgraphic kbprint kbtshoot kbprb KB908021

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