WD97: OLE Objects Print Incorrectly with Float Over Text
Article ID: 180000
Article Last Modified on 1/22/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q180000
SYMPTOMS
If you have more than one OLE object in a document and you make a change to
the second OLE object, that object will appear twice when you print the
document. For example, if you insert three charts (on the Insert menu,
click Object, and click Microsoft Graph 97 Chart) in a document, and you
make a change to the second chart, the printout will contain two instances
of the second chart.
Note that the document will be displayed correctly on the screen.
CAUSE
This problem occurs because of a conflict when the Float Over Text option
is used in conjunction with background printing.
WORKAROUND
This printing problem does not occur if Background Printing is turned off
for the document or if Float Over Text is deactivated for each of the
objects. To work around this problem, use any of the following methods.
Method 1: Turn Off Background Printing
To turn off background printing, follow these steps::
- On the Tools menu, click Options.
- Click the Print tab, and under Printing Options, click to clear
the Background Printing check box.
- Click OK.
Method 2: Turn Off Float Over Text
To deactivate the Float Over Text attribute, follow these steps:
- Click once on the chart (or object) to select it.
- On the Format menu, click Object.
- Click the Position tab, and click to clear the Float Over Text check
box.
- Click OK to view your document and print as expected.
- Repeat Steps 1-4 above for each object.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products
listed at the beginning of this article.
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