XL: Scanned Picture Appears Zoomed When Printed

• Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows
• Microsoft Excel for Windows 95, version 7.0

SYMPTOMS

In Microsoft Excel 97, 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 Microsoft Excel 97 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

Keywords          : kbprint kbdta kbconversion 
Version           : WINDOWS:7.0,97
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbbug 

Last Reviewed: July 15, 1999