WD6X:Drawings with Chord or Pie Wedge Shapes Display Incorrectly

• Microsoft Word for Windows, version 6.0, 6.0a
• Microsoft Word for the Macintosh, version 6.0

SYMPTOMS

If you edit a picture that contains chord arcs or non-90-degree pie wedge arcs (that is, pie wedge arcs with angles other than 90 degrees), Microsoft Word changes these shapes to 90-degree arcs. In addition, Word may superimpose some arcs so it appears they are missing.

NOTE: A chord is the geometric shape that occurs when you intersect two points on a curve with a straight line (similar to the letter D).

CAUSE

The Word drawing tools create only one type of arc: a 90-degree pie- shaped arc that consists of pie-shaped fill plus an outline only on the curved edge. This arc has no outline on the two straight edges.

If you open a picture that contains other types of arcs (such as a chord, a fully-outlined pie wedge, or a non-90-degree pie wedge), Word converts them to this supported arc format. Sometimes this conversion positions two arcs in the same quadrant, which places one arc over the top of another; therefore, the arc on the bottom seems to disappear.

WORKAROUND

Change your default picture editor to Microsoft Draw. See page 365 in "Microsoft Word User's Guide" for instructions on changing your default program for editing imported graphics.

STATUS

We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

REFERENCES

"Microsoft Word User's Guide," version 6.0, page 365-368