drawing/printing an exact circle

[talisman]

Hi,

probably an easy one for you experts but it's been annoying me for
while.

How do i print an exact circle. I have used the drawing oval tool i
excel and held shift to draw an exact circle. BUT, when I print (an
i've tried on a few printers) it comes out as an oval with (in thi
case) the x diameter longer then the y.

It also does this in word.

Please help me understand why i can't seem to print an exact circle..

thanks

 

[Ragdyer]

Couple of things to try:

First, when I'm drawing a circle, the oval default display *is* a circle,
where to resize it, and keep it perfectly round, I *only* click and drag the
handles at the 4 corners, *without* using any additional keys (<Shift>,
<Ctrl>).
I *never* use the handles on the perimeter of the circle.

Second, select the object and right click in the selection to bring up the
pop-up menu, and click on "Format AutoShape".
Click on the "Properties" tab, and click on "Move But Don't Size With
Cells".

See if that helps.
I don't have any problems with printing circles.

 

[talisman]

hiya,

thanks for that but unfortunately it makes no difference here.

Again i took a blank sheet and drew a circle. Applied your suggestions
and printed but still get an oval. Best way to show you is this screen
print of the print preview. it prints exactly as shown here.

[image: http://www.electro-zone.co.uk/upload/images/Dave/circle.gif]

 

[n.hebb]

This has been a pet peeve of mine for a long time. It's not just
autoshapes that are effected either. For example, if you set the column
width to create a grid, you can get the cell grids to look square on
screen but they print out rectangular.

My best guesstimate has been to set the width of the autoshape to 92%
of the height, then click the Lock Aspect Ratio checkbox in the
formatting dialog. It prints out relatively circular.

Nick Hebb
BreezeTree Software
http://www.breezetree.com

 

[talisman]

Thanks nick, interesting. I'll give that a whirl. Never thought of
changing the percentage.

ta,