Microsoft KB Archive/160531

= PUB: Color Lost, Dithered after Rotating GIF on Windows NT =

Article ID: 160531

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 Windows NT 4.0

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This article was previously published under Q160531



SYMPTOMS
If you insert a CompuServe GIF image into a publication and then rotate that image, it may appear dithered or to have lost some of its colors. The problem occurs with a picture that is in the GIF89a file format and has the transparency feature enabled. The picture prints correctly, even to a color printer, and displays correctly if you export your publication as a Web page (Publisher 97 only).



CAUSE
This problem occurs with certain video cards and drivers. It affects only the way the graphic appears on the screen, not the way it prints, or the way it displays in a Web Browser.



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

Additional query words: 97 pub3 pub4 pub97 pub95 w_mspub mspub.exe crosshatched lighter spotted halftoned

Keywords: kbweb kbprb kbhtml kbgraphic kbusage KB160531

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