Fonts in Excel Worksheet Object don't display correctly

[R. Liu]

Can anyone explain and offer possible solution to this problem -- after I
paste in an Excel worksheet object in PPT, the spacing of the font (I use
Arial) is off, meaning some letters look bunched together and some far apart.
Sometimes the font looks like it's been stretched even though I have not
resized the table. Also, when I come out of editing the data in the table,
the entire object displays larger than when I initially pasted iin as.

 

[R. Liu]

My client has specified they did not want it to be linked to an Excel file.
They have had problems with missing links and wanted to avoid that if
possible. I currently do paste special, paste. Is this a graphic display
problem?

 

[Echo S]

I can't remember for certain, so I'm hoping someone else will --

Isn't there something about 8pt Arial in pasted Excel workbooks?

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com

My client has specified they did not want it to be linked to an Excel file.
They have had problems with missing links and wanted to avoid that if
possible. I currently do paste special, paste. Is this a graphic display
problem?

 

[R. Liu]

Just had a thought as I was responding here. I went in to Format Object and
checked the scale on the table and it was not 100%. The tables are pasting in
at 105%h x105%w (some 104%x104%, others 106%x106%) -- seems to be completely
arbritrary. When I fixed to display at 100%, the text displays correctly. So,
new question -- how do fix it so that the tables paste in exactly at 100%
scale?

Note: The automatic latyout for inserted objects is turned off.

 

[R. Liu]

I'm running PowerPoint 2003 SP1 and Windows XP Professional SP1.
Thanks for your help.

 

[R. Liu]

Thanks for trying. Even though I don't know what's causing this problem for
me at least I know how to fix it. Thanks for helping.

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