Dark borders on Excel spreadsheet imported into PowerPoint

[Guest]

We have a spreadsheet we copied into PowerPoint using the Paste Special. It
looks fine until we go to the slide show view. Then some of the borders that
are not heavy appear heavy in the show. This is true in all of the options
except the bitmap options. Of course, those two make the text fuzzy. Any
suggestions?

 

[Echo S]

Right-click the pasted object and choose "format object." On the size tab,
set it to 100% x 100%.

 

[Guest]

Thanks for the tip. However, it still did not work.

--
Bonnie

Right-click the pasted object and choose "format object." On the size tab,
set it to 100% x 100%.

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We have a spreadsheet we copied into PowerPoint using the Paste Special.
It
looks fine until we go to the slide show view. Then some of the borders
that
are not heavy appear heavy in the show. This is true in all of the options
except the bitmap options. Of course, those two make the text fuzzy. Any
suggestions?

 

[Echo S]

Aw, bummer. I don't know of anything else to fix it.

Actually, does this happen in Normal editing View or in Slide Show View? If
it's in Normal editing View, I think you may just need to get used to
checking it in Slide Show View, because Normal editing View can be
misleading with these types of things.

I had one recently where we made axis titles in MSGraph charts bold, and the
client kept adding comments that the axis titles weren't bold. Well, they
were, and they looked okay in Slide Show View, but they didn't look bold in
Normal editing View. When I'd check the size on the ones that didn't look
bold, the chart object would often be 100% x 101%. And I'm sure that's a
rounding thing that happens when you click the "lock aspect ratio, because
it looks fine in Slide Show View still (all the axis titles did indeed show
bold there) -- but it's just enough off that things don't look the same in
Normal editing View.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/

Thanks for the tip. However, it still did not work.

--
Bonnie

Right-click the pasted object and choose "format object." On the size
tab,
set it to 100% x 100%.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/

We have a spreadsheet we copied into PowerPoint using the Paste
Special.
It
looks fine until we go to the slide show view. Then some of the borders
that
are not heavy appear heavy in the show. This is true in all of the
options
except the bitmap options. Of course, those two make the text fuzzy.
Any
suggestions?

 

[Guest]

I tried taking it off of Lock Aspect ratio. In one example, it fixed the row
borders but not the column borders.

The problem is that it looks normal in the Normal view and not in the Slide
Show view. I wish it were the opposite because we would not care if Normal
view was not right as long as Slide Show view was right.

--
Bonnie

Aw, bummer. I don't know of anything else to fix it.

Actually, does this happen in Normal editing View or in Slide Show View? If
it's in Normal editing View, I think you may just need to get used to
checking it in Slide Show View, because Normal editing View can be
misleading with these types of things.

I had one recently where we made axis titles in MSGraph charts bold, and the
client kept adding comments that the axis titles weren't bold. Well, they
were, and they looked okay in Slide Show View, but they didn't look bold in
Normal editing View. When I'd check the size on the ones that didn't look
bold, the chart object would often be 100% x 101%. And I'm sure that's a
rounding thing that happens when you click the "lock aspect ratio, because
it looks fine in Slide Show View still (all the axis titles did indeed show
bold there) -- but it's just enough off that things don't look the same in
Normal editing View.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/

Thanks for the tip. However, it still did not work.

--
Bonnie

Right-click the pasted object and choose "format object." On the size
tab,
set it to 100% x 100%.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/


We have a spreadsheet we copied into PowerPoint using the Paste
Special.
It
looks fine until we go to the slide show view. Then some of the borders
that
are not heavy appear heavy in the show. This is true in all of the
options
except the bitmap options. Of course, those two make the text fuzzy.
Any
suggestions?

 

[Echo S]

I tried taking it off of Lock Aspect ratio. In one example, it fixed the
row
borders but not the column borders.

Hm. In that case, you might try unticking "lock aspect ratio" and then
hitting the Reset button. Worth a try, anyway.

The problem is that it looks normal in the Normal view and not in the
Slide
Show view. I wish it were the opposite because we would not care if Normal
view was not right as long as Slide Show view was right.

Nuts.

 

[Guest]

Thanks for the idea. Unfortunately, it still did not work. I suspect there is
some little hidden formatting in Excel. I have tried getting rid of the
borders and then creating them again, however.