Microsoft KB Archive/65121

PowerPoint: Distorted Labels on Imported DeltaGraph Chart PSS ID Number: Q65121 Article last modified on 01-21-1991 PSS database name: M_PowerPt

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Summary:

After importing a graph from DeltaGraph version 1.0 into Microsoft PowerPoint, the text labels on the graph may appear greatly distorted in the printout.

This is because DeltaGraph, by default, uses a feature for its three-dimensional graphs called “projected labels,” which allows axis labels on a graph to print in three-dimensional perspective.

PostScript supports this kind of text effect. However, if the graph is copied and pasted into PowerPoint, or exported as a PICT image and imported into PowerPoint using the Paste From command, no PostScript is included, just QuickDraw. Because QuickDraw does not support the text effects used to rotate or project labels, they will print out in low resolution and appear greatly distorted.

There are two possible solutions to this problem:

  Turn off the projected labels in DeltaGraph. To do this, select the graph. From the Chart menu, choose the Options command. Click the Projected Ticks and Labels option so that it appears unchecked. Then copy or export the graph to PowerPoint.   Export the file as an Encapsulated PostScript file (EPSF). To do this, choose the Export command from DeltaGraph’s File menu, and select the EPSF option. In PowerPoint, choose the Paste From command from the File menu. Select the exported Encapsulated PostScript file and click the Open button. 

More Information:

DeltaGraph is made by DeltaPoint, Inc. For more information about DeltaGraph, contact DeltaPoint technical support at (408) 375-4700.

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