XL2000: Scanned Picture Appears Zoomed When Printed

• Microsoft Excel 2000
• Microsoft Excel for Windows 95, version 7.0

SYMPTOMS

When you print a worksheet that contains a picture, the picture appears to be zoomed in, on one quadrant of the printout.

CAUSE

This problem occurs when the following conditions are true:

• You print a worksheet that contains an embedded picture such as a Graphics Interchange Format (GIF) or Tagged Image File Format (TIFF) file.
  
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• You scanned the embedded picture into Windows using a scanner.
  
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• The workbook was saved from Microsoft Excel 95 to the Microsoft Excel 2000 format.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, follow these steps:

1. Use the right mouse button to click (right-click) the embedded picture.



2. Point to Grouping and click Ungroup.



3. Click Yes when you receive the following message:

   This is an imported picture, not a group. If you convert it into a Microsoft Office drawing, embedded data or linking information will be lost. Do you want to convert the object?

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words: xl97 xl95 scan image zoom big bigger large larger magnified TIF XL2000

Keywords : kbprint kbdta kbconversion kbdtacode
Version : WINDOWS:2000,7.0
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug