PPT7: Shaded Backgrounds Appear Banded in Word or Excel (134873)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows 95
This article was previously published under Q134873 SYMPTOMS
When you paste a PowerPoint slide with a shaded fill background from Slide
Sorter view into a Word document or Microsoft Excel worksheet, the slide
object appears banded, or color resolution is lost.
CAUSE
This problem occurs when you are running a display color depth of 256
colors.
PowerPoint displays shaded fill backgrounds differently from Word or
Microsoft Excel under a 256-color display driver. If your video card
supports 32,000, 64,000, or 16.7 million color display depths, you can
switch your display color depths to one of those settings, and the
gradients will display properly.
NOTE: Even if the gradients display banded, they should print correctly.
RESOLUTION
You can control how PowerPoint copies graphics to be pasted into other
programs. To paste the slide object into Word or Microsoft Excel and have
it display as it appears in Slide Sorter view, follow these steps:
- In PowerPoint for Windows 95, click Options on the Tools menu.
- Click the Advanced tab.
- Under Export Pictures, select the "Best for On-Screen Viewing" option.
Now if you copy a slide object and paste it into Word or Microsoft Excel,
the object displays the same way it does in Slide Sorter view.
NOTE: While this method might make the shaded slide appear better in the
document where it is pasted when displayed, the slide might not print
correctly. If it is more important to print the object than display it, you
should leave the Export Pictures setting at "Best for Printing" (the
default).
STATUS
We are researching this problem and will post new information here
in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.
| Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 8/16/2005 |
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| Keywords: | kbgraphic kbinterop kbprb KB134873 |
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