Microsoft KB Archive/167095

= OFF97:Semitransparent Fill in Embedded Object Is Printed Badly =

Article ID: 167095

Article Last Modified on 1/19/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office 97 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Excel 97 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft PowerPoint 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q167095





SYMPTOMS
In the programs listed at the beginning of this article, if you print a document that contains embedded or linked objects to a PostScript printer, the objects may be printed with the wrong fill format. For example, one of the following symptoms may occur:


 * The object is printed with a solid black or solid white fill, even if you are using a color printer.

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 * The object is printed with the correct color but with a solid white rectangle around it.



CAUSE
This problem occurs when you create a document in one of the programs listed at the beginning of this article and embed or link objects that use semitransparent fill effects, and then print to a PostScript printer.

When you copy an object from one Office program and paste it into another program, the result is a picture (enhanced metafile) of the object. The problem occurs because the Windows 95 and Windows NT PostScript printer drivers do not handle semitransparent fills in enhanced metafiles correctly.



WORKAROUND
Double-click the object to edit it. Choose a different nontransparent fill effect. Click outside the object to return to your destination program.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Office 97 for Windows. Microsoft is researching this problem and will post new information here as it becomes available.



MORE INFORMATION
This problem occurs when you copy a slide from a PowerPoint 97 presentation and paste it into a Microsoft Word 97 document and print it to a PostScript printer. Semitransparent objects are printed with the wrong fill even if the slide is printed correctly from PowerPoint.

NOTE: If you create the same kind of drawing object using the tools in destination program, objects with semitransparent fills are printed with the correct fill to PostScript printers.

Additional query words: 97 ppt97 word97 xl97 off97 8.0 8.00 ppt8 ppt8.0 solid clear transluscent PostScript OLE object linking and embedding OLE2

Keywords: kbgraphic kbinterop kbprb kbprint KB167095

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