An Excel 2003 chart may be truncated or cutoff when you view or save the Excel 2003 chart as a Web page (905875)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Office Professional Edition 2003
  • Microsoft Office Standard Edition 2003
  • Microsoft Office Students and Teachers Edition 2003
  • Microsoft Office Small Business Edition 2003
  • Microsoft Office Basic Edition 2003
  • Microsoft Office Excel 2003
Important This article contains information about how to modify the registry. Make sure to back up the registry before you modify it. Make sure that you know how to restore the registry if a problem occurs. For more information about how to back up, restore, and modify the registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

256986 Description of the Microsoft Windows registry

SYMPTOMS

When you view or save a Microsoft Office Excel 2003 chart as a Web page, the Excel 2003 chart may be truncated or cutoff on the right-side and on the bottom of the Excel 2003 chart.

CAUSE

This problem may occur when the Excel 2003 chart has been resized to a much larger size.

RESOLUTION

How to obtain the hotfix

This issue is fixed in the Excel 2003 post-Service Pack 2 Hotfix Package that is dated November 10, 2005. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

898778 Description of Excel 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package: November 10, 2005

Warning Serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly by using Registry Editor or by using another method. These problems might require that you reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that these problems can be solved. Modify the registry at your own risk.

To enable this hotfix, follow these steps:
  1. Quit Excel 2003.
  2. Click Start, click Run, type regedit in the Open box, and then click OK.
  3. Locate and then click the following registry key:

    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Common\GELPrefs

  4. After you select the key that is specified in step 3, point to New on the Edit menu, and then click DWORD Value.
  5. Type MaxOffscreenBitmapSize, and then press ENTER.
  6. Right-click MaxOffscreenBitmapSize, and then click Modify.
  7. In the Value data box, type a value that is greater than 3072, and then click OK.

    Note In some circumstances, you may have to type a large value in the Value data box to prevent this problem. An example of a large value is 10,000.
  8. On the File menu, click Exit to quit Registry Editor.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.
Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:7/25/2006
Keywords:kbExpertiseInter kbOffice2003preSP3fix kbQFE kbbug kbfix kbpubtypekc KB905875 kbAudITPRO kbAudEndUser
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