ClearType Problem when Publishing as Web Page

[Guest]

Re: Office 2003 SP1, Windows XP SP2

After upgrading from Office 2000 to Office 2003, I am seeing cosmetic (font
quality problems) when publishing an Excel Chart as a Web Page.

I have found about 4 or 5 settings that can influence the quality, size,
resolution, and color depth of a chart from Excel when it is saved as a web
page.

The most noticeable problem that I saw was with the font quality when the
graph is converted to a GIF or a PNG file to be viewed in a web browser. The
interesting thing is that the most profound improvement came when I disabled
a font smoothing feature in Windows XP (not Excel) which is just the opposite
affect that you would expect.

See if you get the same results as I?

1. Right click on your desktop and select properties.
2. Select the [Appearance] tab.
3. Click the [Effects..] button.
4. Change the combo-box to use "Standard" instead of "Clear Type" for font
smoothing and apply the changes.

Now re-publish your Excel Chart and see if you notice an improvement. The
downside is that I loose the ClearType advantages in all of my applications,
which to me, is noticeable and not the solution I want.

I've duplicated the problem on 2 other PC's. Any ideas?

-Dennis

 

[Guest]

I agree we are finding exactly the same results here, seems to be and XP
problem as it happens on Office 2002 and Office 2003

Russell Corrie