OLE 2.0 Embedded Object Prints at Low Resolution

• Microsoft Word for Windows, version 6.0

SYMPTOMS

If your Word for Windows document contains an OLE (object linking and embedding) version 2.0 embedded object that you print while it is being edited "in situ", the object may print at low resolution. ("in situ" means the application, such as Microsoft Excel, temporarily replaces the Word menus and toolbars.) Lines in the object may print jagged or incomplete, shading or patterns may appear incorrectly, and text may be compressed or missing.

CAUSE

A bitmap of the object, as it appears on screen, prints instead of the actual object if you print a document that contains an OLE 2.0 object that is being edited in situ.

The object prints correctly if you return to Word after editing.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Word for Windows. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

WORKAROUND

Return to Word before you print the OLE 2.0 object.

REFERENCES

"Microsoft Word User's Guide," version 6.0, Chapter 28, "Exchanging Information with Other Applications," "Editing an Embedded Object" section