Microsoft KB Archive/113937

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PRJ: Linked MS Project Object Scaled in Microsoft Word

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Q113937

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Project for Windows, version 4.0
 * Microsoft Project for the Macintosh, version 4.0

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SYMPTOMS
When you link a Microsoft Project 4.0 project object to a document in Microsoft Word version 6.0, the object appears scaled smaller than its full size.

On the Macintosh, this behavior also occurs when you paste a Microsoft Project 4.0 object to a document in Microsoft Word version 6.0.

CAUSE
This behavior occurs because Microsoft Word scales any pasted or linked object to fit within the margins of the document to which you paste or link the object. Because the default margins in a Microsoft Word document are 1.25 inches, the object is scaled to about 6 inches by default. The full size of the linked Microsoft Project object depends on the resolution of your video. Because the object is scaled proportionately, the object does not appear distorted.

WORKAROUND
To display a linked Microsoft Project 4.0 Project object at 100 percent of its full size in your Microsoft Word document, do either of the following:


 * Change the margins in your Microsoft Word Document before you link the object.


 * In the document to which you want to link the object, choose Page Setup from the File menu.
 * Select the Margins tab. In the Left box, type ".5" (without the quotation marks) and in the Right box, type ".5" (without the quotation marks), and choose OK.
 * Scale the object without changing the document margins:


 * Select the linked object.
 * From the Format menu, choose Picture.
 * In the Width box, type "100%" (without the quotation marks) and in the Height box, type "100%" (without the quotation marks) and choose OK.

MORE INFORMATION
Note that this behavior occurs whether you insert a Microsoft Project 4.0 Project object using the Create From File tab in the Object dialog box, or the Paste Link option in the Paste Special dialog box in Microsoft Word for Windows version 6.0.

This is different from the behavior that occurs in Windows when you embed a Microsoft Project 4.0 Project object in a document in Microsoft Word version 6.0. In this case, the object does not appear scaled, because the original width of the object is different from the original width of the linked object.

This behavior does not occur when you link a Microsoft Project 4.0 Project object to a Microsoft Excel worksheet or to a document in Microsoft Word version 2.0 for Windows.