Microsoft KB Archive/69039

Shaded Objects Print as Rectangles to PostScript Printer PSS ID Number: Q69039 Article last modified on 10-29-1991 PSS database name: W_PowerPt

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Summary:

Irregular, elliptical, or circular shaded objects created by PowerPoint or imported as metafiles from CorelDRAW! 1.21 or earlier will print on a PostScript printer as shaded rectangles with the objects’ actual outlines superimposed over them. If printed to a non-PostScript printer (such as a Hewlett-Packard LaserJet), the shaded objects will print correctly.

Shaded objects created in CorelDRAW! version 2.0 and exported as CGM files will print from PowerPoint to a PostScript printer correctly.

More information:

PowerPoint and earlier versions of CorelDRAW! build shaded objects by first drawing a rectangular shaded object and then subtracting the excess shading outside of the object’s true outline. This will display correctly on the screen, but when printed will show the whole rectangle.

To avoid this problem, mask the rectangle with objects that do not contain borders and are the same color as the slide background; or bring the object in as a bitmap.

CorelDRAW! version 2.0 handles CGM files in a slightly different fashion, allowing a PostScript printer to print irregular shaded objects.

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Reference(s):

“CorelDRAW! Technical Reference 2.0,” copyright 1990, Corel Systems, page 89.

Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1991.