PPT: 3-D Pie Chart Is Displayed and Printed with Poor Quality
Article ID: 123342
Article Last Modified on 8/16/2005
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft PowerPoint 95 Standard Edition
- Microsoft PowerPoint 3.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft PowerPoint 4.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft PowerPoint 4.0a
- Microsoft PowerPoint 4.0c
- Microsoft Excel 95 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Excel 4.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Excel 5.0 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q123342
SYMPTOMS
If you copy a 3-D pie chart from Microsoft Excel and use the Paste
or Link command to paste it into PowerPoint, the chart printed from
PowerPoint is different than the chart printed from Excel:
- From PowerPoint the chart's outlines are slightly jagged.
- From Excel, the outlines are smooth.
NOTE: In some cases you may receive the above symptoms for reasons other
than printing, such as displaying 3-D pie charts.
CAUSE
When you copy a 3-D pie chart from Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Excel
pastes a picture of the chart on the Clipboard. In this picture, all
the arcs are described as a series of small straight lines instead of
as smooth curves. When you paste the chart into another program and
print it, the arcs are printed as though they are complex polygons
rather than arcs.
WORKAROUND
These workarounds only reduce the problem. They do not completely
correct it.
Method 1: Turn Off the Chart Border
- Double-click the pie chart.
- On the Format menu, click Data Series.
- Click Border, then click None.
- Click OK.
Method 2: Change the Angle of the Chart
- Double-click the pie chart in PowerPoint.
- On the Format menu, click 3-D View.
- Increase the Elevation to above 30.
- Click OK.
Method 3: Use Ellipses to Smooth Lines
- Superimpose an ellipse over the top portion of the pie that has a
wider width.
- Turn off the Snap To Grid feature, so that you can make fine adjustments.
- Copy and paste the ellipse and move the copy over the bottom edge of
the pie. Then send it to the back, behind the pie chart.
- Make any fine positioning adjustments and print the chart.
MORE INFORMATION
This problem is not exclusive to PowerPoint (this same behavior occurs
if you paste a 3-D pie chart into Microsoft Word for Windows or Microsoft Write).
This problem does not occur with PowerPoint for the Macintosh or
Microsoft Excel for the Macintosh.
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