Microsoft KB Archive/123342

= PPT: 3-D Pie Chart Is Displayed and Printed with Poor Quality =

Article ID: 123342

Article Last Modified on 8/16/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft PowerPoint 95 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft PowerPoint 3.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft PowerPoint 4.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft PowerPoint 4.0a
 * Microsoft PowerPoint 4.0c
 * Microsoft Excel 95 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Excel 4.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Excel 5.0 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q123342



SYMPTOMS
If you copy a 3-D pie chart from Microsoft Excel and use the Paste or Link command to paste it into PowerPoint, the chart printed from PowerPoint is different than the chart printed from Excel:
 * From PowerPoint the chart's outlines are slightly jagged.
 * From Excel, the outlines are smooth.

NOTE: In some cases you may receive the above symptoms for reasons other than printing, such as displaying 3-D pie charts.



CAUSE
When you copy a 3-D pie chart from Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Excel pastes a picture of the chart on the Clipboard. In this picture, all the arcs are described as a series of small straight lines instead of as smooth curves. When you paste the chart into another program and print it, the arcs are printed as though they are complex polygons rather than arcs.



WORKAROUND
These workarounds only reduce the problem. They do not completely correct it.

Method 1: Turn Off the Chart Border

 * 1) Double-click the pie chart.
 * 2) On the Format menu, click Data Series.
 * 3) Click Border, then click None.
 * 4) Click OK.

Method 2: Change the Angle of the Chart

 * 1) Double-click the pie chart in PowerPoint.
 * 2) On the Format menu, click 3-D View.
 * 3) Increase the Elevation to above 30.
 * 4) Click OK.

Method 3: Use Ellipses to Smooth Lines

 * 1) Superimpose an ellipse over the top portion of the pie that has a wider width.
 * 2) Turn off the Snap To Grid feature, so that you can make fine adjustments.
 * 3) Copy and paste the ellipse and move the copy over the bottom edge of the pie. Then send it to the back, behind the pie chart.
 * 4) Make any fine positioning adjustments and print the chart.



MORE INFORMATION
This problem is not exclusive to PowerPoint (this same behavior occurs if you paste a 3-D pie chart into Microsoft Word for Windows or Microsoft Write). This problem does not occur with PowerPoint for the Macintosh or Microsoft Excel for the Macintosh.

Additional query words: 2.00 3.00 4.00 4.00a 4.00c 7.00 power point powerpt winppt ppt95

Keywords: kbinterop kbprint kbprb KB123342

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