Microsoft KB Archive/58203

WD: Printing Imported FreeHand Graphic, Not Cropped Properly

PSS ID Number: Q58203 Article last modified on 11-25-1998

MACINTOSH:3.x,4.0,5.0

MACINTOSH

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The information in this article applies to:

 == Microsoft Word for the Macintosh, versions 3.x, 4.0, 5.0 == 

= SYMPTOMS =

In versions 3.x and later of Word for the Macintosh, you cannot use the sizing handles to crop space off the bottom or right side of a graphic imported from Aldus FreeHand.

When you crop a FreeHand graphic as described above, the graphic appears correctly in page preview, print preview, and normal view (galley view in Word 3.x and 4.0); however, when you print the graphic, it is resized to fit in the space originally allotted for it. Therefore, any part of the graphic you cropped using the sizing handles appears in the printed copy.

= WORKAROUND =

Workaround for Word Version 5.0
In Word 5.0, graphics can be cropped from the right if they are edited in the picture window. To crop a graphic in the picture window:


 * 1) Double-click the graphic. If the graphic contains colors other than the eight basic Macintosh colors, it opens in the picture window with only the eight basic Macintosh colors or as a black-and-white image.
 * 2) In the picture window, select the graphic and drag the image so that the white area around the graphic disappears.
 * 3) Close the picture window.

= STATUS =

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Word versions 3.x, 4.0, and 5.0. We are researching this problem and will post new information here as it becomes available.

FreeHand is manufactured by Aldus, a vendor independent of Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding this product’s performance or reliability.

= Additional query words: Free Hand graphics clip size export copy paste =

Keywords : kb3rdparty kbinterop macword Version : MACINTOSH:3.x,4.0,5.0 Platform : MACINTOSH Issue type : kbbug ============================================================================= Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1998.