XL97: Bitmap Image Shrinks When Pasted on a Toolbar Button

• Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

When you copy a bitmap image on a worksheet, dialog sheet or Microsoft Excel 4.0 macro sheet, and then paste the image on a toolbar button, the image shrinks and may appear distorted. This problem may occur when you manually or programmatically copy and paste the bitmap.

CAUSE

This problem occurs if the bitmap image that you copy is formatted with a border.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, remove the border from the image before you copy it. To do this, use the following steps:

1. Right-click the picture and click Format Picture.

2. In the Format Picture dialog box, click the Colors and Lines tab.

3. Click No Line in the Line Color list and click OK.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.