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OFF97: Lines Drawn Incorrectly on Imported Graphics

Article ID: 151068

Article Last Modified on 1/19/2007

Microsoft Excel 97 Standard Edition
Microsoft PowerPoint 97 Standard Edition
Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition
Microsoft Windows NT 3.51 Service Pack 5
Microsoft Windows NT 4.0

This article was previously published under Q151068

SYMPTOMS

When you insert a graphic file into a Microsoft Office program, the graphic may not be displayed properly. Specifically, dashed or dotted lines in the graphic may not be drawn properly.

CAUSE

This problem may occur if the following conditions are true:

You insert a graphic file into your document that has been saved in one of the following file formats:
Enhanced Metafile (EMF)
Windows Metafile (WMF)

-and-
You are running Microsoft Windows NT.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the products listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was corrected in Microsoft Office 97 Service Release 2 (SR-2).

MORE INFORMATION

For additional information about SR-2, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

151261 OFF97: How to Obtain and Install MS Office 97 SR-2

Additional query words: line dash dot style picture image

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