Microsoft KB Archive/255143

= Visio5: Background Color of Visio Object Embedded in a Microsoft Word 97 Document Changes After You Save the Document as an HTML File =

Article ID: 255143

Article Last Modified on 11/25/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Visio 5.0 Standard
 * Visio 5.0 Professional
 * Visio 5.0 Technical
 * Visio 5.0 Enterprise

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This article was previously published under Q255143



SYMPTOMS
When you embed Visio 5.0 shapes in a Microsoft Word 97 document and save the Word document as an HTML file, a colored background appears behind the shapes. If any of the embedded shapes are two-dimensional and have no fill, these shapes appear filled with the color of the background.



After embedding these shapes in a Word 97 document

and saving the document as an HTML file, a colored

background appears behind the shapes.



RESOLUTION
To prevent Word from changing the background color of embedded Visio 5.0 shapes, manually place a background rectangle behind the shapes before you embed them in the Word document.

To draw a background rectangle manually:
 * 1) In Visio 5.0, open the file that contains the shapes that you want to include in the Word 97 HTML file.
 * 2) Click the Rectangle tool on the Standard toolbar, and then draw a rectangle around the shapes that you want to embed in the Word document.

The rectangle appears on top of the shapes.
 * 1) With the rectangle selected:
 * 2) Send the rectangle behind the shapes by pressing CTRL+B.
 * 3) Remove the outline of the rectangle by clicking Line on the Format menu, clicking None in the Pattern list, and then clicking OK.
 * 4) (Optional.) Specify a background color other than white by clicking Fill on the Format menu, selecting the patterns and colors that you want, and then clicking OK.
 * 5) Embed the shapes into the Word 97 document and save the document as an HTML file.

The color behind the Visio 5.0 shapes no longer changes.

Keywords: kbgraphxlinkcritical kbgraphxlink kbprb KB255143

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