Article ID: 183538
Article Last Modified on 6/12/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Publisher 98 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q183538
SYMPTOMS
If you copy a collection of drawing objects to the clipboard, and then
paste them on a page as a picture, some of the lines may appear to
be missing or partially drawn. However, when you print the page or
publish it as a Web page, the lines appear correctly.
If you change the zoom percentage, the missing lines reappear. They
generally appear when the zoom percentage is 75% or higher (the exact
percentage depends on the resolution settings of your display.)
CAUSE
Lines, boxes, circles, and so forth are self-contained Publisher metafile
drawing objects, whether they are separate or grouped objects. They contain
all the necessary information to be displayed correctly on your screen,
including consistent measurement units so that all objects appear in the
same relative size.
When you paste this type of object as a picture, Publisher converts it to
a single metafile drawing object. This new metafile object has different
measurement units. It also contains information about both the lines that
make up the object and the areas between the lines. This results in the
empty space behind the lines being displayed rather than the lines.
When you change the zoom percentage, Publisher interprets more of the
measurement units, resulting in more of the lines being displayed.
STATUS
Microsoft welcomes suggestions or comments about changes in functionality
and product design.
Additional query words: 98 pub98 mspub98 pub_98 5.00 publisher98 pub5 mspub ms_pub98
Keywords: kbgraphic kbprb KB183538