PRJ: Copy Picture Command in PERT Chart Ignores Zoom (113310)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Project 98 for Windows
  • Microsoft Project for Windows 95 4.1
  • Microsoft Project for Windows 4.0
  • Microsoft Project for the Macintosh 4.0
This article was previously published under Q113310

SYMPTOMS

In Microsoft Project, when you use the Copy Picture button in the PERT Chart view and you are viewing your project in a zoomed view, the pasted information appears in its original size (not in the expected zoomed size).

CAUSE

The Zoom command in the PERT Chart view only affects the screen. This feature does not affect printing or copying.

WORKAROUND

If you want to copy a zoomed view of your project from the PERT Chart, and paste the information to another project or a document in another program, follow these steps:

  1. Use the Zoom command to view your project at the necessary zoom percentage in the PERT Chart view.
  2. Press ALT+PRINT SCREEN to copy the active window to the Windows Clipboard.
  3. Start a program such as Windows Paintbrush, and click Paste on the Edit menu.
  4. Use the tools in Paintbrush to edit the picture (for example you may want to erase unwanted window details). Select the area you want to copy, and click Copy on the Edit menu.
  5. In the program you want to paste the view to, click Paste on the Edit menu.

STATUS

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

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

  1. In a new project, enter 4 tasks, T1, T2, T3, and T4.
  2. On the View menu, click PERT Chart.
  3. On the View menu, click Zoom. In the Zoom dialog box, under Zoom To, select the 50% option and click OK.
  4. On the Standard toolbar, choose the Copy Picture button. Select the For Screen option and click OK.
  5. In a new document in Microsoft Excel or Microsoft Word for Windows, click Paste on the Edit menu.
The pasted view is not the size it was when you copied it.

REFERENCES

For more information about Copying Information Between Applications or the Copy Picture Command, choose the Search button in Help and type: 

   static pictures: copying
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:11/25/2003
Keywords:kbprb KB113310
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