XL7: Data Map Colors Lost When File Exported to Macintosh

ID: Q134261

The information in this article applies to:

• Microsoft Excel for Windows 95, version 7.0
• Microsoft Excel for the Macintosh, version 5.0
• Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows
• Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition

SYMPTOMS

When you export a file that contains a Data Map object to Microsoft Excel 5.0 for the Macintosh or Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition, the map may become dithered and may lose most of its color.

CAUSE

The colors become black, white and shades of gray. Color information is not retained when the map is translated to a Macintosh picture.

Additional query words: 7.00 mapping datamap 97 98

Keywords          : kbenv kbinterop
Version           : MACINTOSH:5.0,98; WINDOWS:7.0,97
Platform          : MACINTOSH WINDOWS

Last Reviewed: January 6, 1999