text stretches when copying charts into new PPT doc

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When I copy charts from another PPT document to the new one I am working on,
the text stretches once I click out of the chart area. When I am in the
chart area, the chart font looks good... but as soon as I get out of the
chart, the font stretches. I have even tried inserting new (PPT generic)
charts and the text on these too stretches before I even modify them.

I have verified that:
-- Format Object --> height and width = 100%
-- Format chart area --> autoscale is unchecked

I do have a new computer and am wondering if there is another setting I have
missed...??

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!!
 
Are paper sizes and page orientations the same in both documents?
PPT 2003 or 2007?
and I presume the chart is a PPT chart and not and embedded Excel chart
 
Paper sizes, page orientation... all the same. Working in PPT 2003 over a
remote server (although my machine has PPT 2007). Yes, this is a straight
PPT chart, not an embedded Excel.

I adjusted my screen resolution (as I have a wide screen monitor and orginal
reports were created on non-wide screen) -- seems to have temporarily fixed
the problem... although that makes no sense to me, as nothing else was
stretched. Moreover, it printed/saved/viewed on other monitors stretched.

Thank you!!!
 
We've had this problem on several machines (now only on a Vaio laptop with
up-to-date video driver). Our experience was that it worked normally for
some considerable time (months) then suddenly the graphs would stretch. The
only way of getting them right was to open them on an unaffected computer.
We never discovered the cause.

Martin

--
Martin Conradi
www.showcase-online.co.uk
Echo S said:
You probably need to update your video drivers.

http://www.echosvoice.com/charts.htm

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


dlevine said:
Paper sizes, page orientation... all the same. Working in PPT 2003 over
a
remote server (although my machine has PPT 2007). Yes, this is a
straight
PPT chart, not an embedded Excel.

I adjusted my screen resolution (as I have a wide screen monitor and
orginal
reports were created on non-wide screen) -- seems to have temporarily
fixed
the problem... although that makes no sense to me, as nothing else was
stretched. Moreover, it printed/saved/viewed on other monitors
stretched.

Thank you!!!
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You always have the most bizarre findings, Martin! :-)

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx


Martin Conradi said:
We've had this problem on several machines (now only on a Vaio laptop with
up-to-date video driver). Our experience was that it worked normally for
some considerable time (months) then suddenly the graphs would stretch.
The only way of getting them right was to open them on an unaffected
computer. We never discovered the cause.

Martin

--
Martin Conradi
www.showcase-online.co.uk
Echo S said:
You probably need to update your video drivers.

http://www.echosvoice.com/charts.htm

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


dlevine said:
Paper sizes, page orientation... all the same. Working in PPT 2003 over
a
remote server (although my machine has PPT 2007). Yes, this is a
straight
PPT chart, not an embedded Excel.

I adjusted my screen resolution (as I have a wide screen monitor and
orginal
reports were created on non-wide screen) -- seems to have temporarily
fixed
the problem... although that makes no sense to me, as nothing else was
stretched. Moreover, it printed/saved/viewed on other monitors
stretched.

Thank you!!!
:

Are paper sizes and page orientations the same in both documents?
PPT 2003 or 2007?
and I presume the chart is a PPT chart and not and embedded Excel
chart

--
Glen (TD-DTP)
It''''s cold up here in Toronto...
Sent Vegemite!!!!!


:

When I copy charts from another PPT document to the new one I am
working on,
the text stretches once I click out of the chart area. When I am in
the
chart area, the chart font looks good... but as soon as I get out of
the
chart, the font stretches. I have even tried inserting new (PPT
generic)
charts and the text on these too stretches before I even modify
them.

I have verified that:
-- Format Object --> height and width = 100%
-- Format chart area --> autoscale is unchecked

I do have a new computer and am wondering if there is another
setting I have
missed...??

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!!
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....and we mostly do pretty standard stuff on very conventional systems as
they have to work on our clients' cludgy machines. We think it may be ghosts
as nobody can find any other explanation - we're on the site of Villiers'
old palace and Pepys and even David Copperfield (the original) lived next
door.

Does anyone out there know how to get rid of ghosts in the machine?

Martin

--
Martin Conradi
www.showcase-online.co.uk
Echo S said:
You always have the most bizarre findings, Martin! :-)

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx


Martin Conradi said:
We've had this problem on several machines (now only on a Vaio laptop
with up-to-date video driver). Our experience was that it worked normally
for some considerable time (months) then suddenly the graphs would
stretch. The only way of getting them right was to open them on an
unaffected computer. We never discovered the cause.

Martin

--
Martin Conradi
www.showcase-online.co.uk
Echo S said:
You probably need to update your video drivers.

http://www.echosvoice.com/charts.htm

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


:

Paper sizes, page orientation... all the same. Working in PPT 2003
over a
remote server (although my machine has PPT 2007). Yes, this is a
straight
PPT chart, not an embedded Excel.

I adjusted my screen resolution (as I have a wide screen monitor and
orginal
reports were created on non-wide screen) -- seems to have temporarily
fixed
the problem... although that makes no sense to me, as nothing else was
stretched. Moreover, it printed/saved/viewed on other monitors
stretched.

Thank you!!!
:

Are paper sizes and page orientations the same in both documents?
PPT 2003 or 2007?
and I presume the chart is a PPT chart and not and embedded Excel
chart

--
Glen (TD-DTP)
It''''s cold up here in Toronto...
Sent Vegemite!!!!!


:

When I copy charts from another PPT document to the new one I am
working on,
the text stretches once I click out of the chart area. When I am
in the
chart area, the chart font looks good... but as soon as I get out
of the
chart, the font stretches. I have even tried inserting new (PPT
generic)
charts and the text on these too stretches before I even modify
them.

I have verified that:
-- Format Object --> height and width = 100%
-- Format chart area --> autoscale is unchecked

I do have a new computer and am wondering if there is another
setting I have
missed...??

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!!
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