PPT97: 3-D Pie Chart is Displayed, Printed with Poor Quality

ID: Q189938

The information in this article applies to:

• Microsoft PowerPoint 97 for Windows
• Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

If you copy a three-dimentional (3-D) pie chart from Microsoft Excel and use the Paste or Link command to paste it into PowerPoint, the printed chart in PowerPoint is different from the printed chart in Microsoft Excel:

• From PowerPoint the chart's outlines are slightly jagged.
• From Microsoft Excel, the outlines are smooth.

CAUSE

When you copy a 3-D pie chart from Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Excel pastes a picture of the chart on the Clipboard. In this picture, all the arcs are described as a series of small straight lines instead of as smooth curves. When you paste the chart into another program and print it, the arcs are printed as though they are complex polygons rather than arcs.

WORKAROUND

These workarounds only reduce the problem. They do not completely correct it.

Method 1: Turn Off the Chart Border

1. Double-click the pie chart.

2. On the Format menu, click Data Series.

3. Click Border, and then click None.

4. Click OK.

Method 2: Change the Angle of the Chart

1. Double-click the pie chart.

2. On the Format menu, click 3-D View.

3. Increase the Elevation to above 30.

4. Click OK.

Method 3

1. Superimpose an ellipse over the top portion of the pie that has a

   wider width.

3. Select the ellipse and use a copy and paste operation to place the

   ellipse over the bottom edge of the pie, and then send it behind the
   pie chart.

MORE INFORMATION

This problem is not exclusive to PowerPoint (this same behavior occurs if you paste a 3-D pie chart into Word for Windows or Microsoft Write).

Additional query words: 8.00 power point powerpt winppt ppt95 ppt97

Keywords          : kbdisplay kbole kbprint kbchart
Version           : WINDOWS:97
Platform          : WINDOWS
Hardware          : x86
Issue type        : kbprb

Last Reviewed: November 24, 1998