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2008-12-17 14:55:17

resorte

Registered: Dec 17 2008

Posts: 17

Answered

I am using:

Windows XP SP 2
Acrobat Professional 8.1.2
Microsoft Office Professional 2003

I have had this problem for several years through different versions of both Excel and Acrobat.

When converting an Excel Worksheet in which I have copied and pasted a 'Word Drawing' (in my cases, it is a graph) to PDF, there appears to be graphical noise that appears in the resulting PDF around the graph. When zoomed in, you can see that these pixelations are actually parantheses characters rather than just random visual noise. This happens no matter which way I choose to convert to PDF, both using File->Print->Adobe PDF or by just hitting the Adobe PDF button at the top of Excel.

Here are some screen captures to illustrate what I am talking about:

Graph noise - Zoomed out

[img]http://i42.tinypic.com/2mctu84.jpg[/img]

Graph noise - Zoomed in

[img]http://i41.tinypic.com/whjm0z.jpg[/img]

I would be glad to email you the WORD/EXCEL/PDF if that would help resolve this issue. It would be much appreciated. Thank you.

My Product Information:
Acrobat Pro 8.1.2, Windows

2008-12-19 05:09:41

abhigyan

Registered: Nov 29 2007

Posts: 223

Please post the XLS and PDF files (one option is to share it on share.acrobat.com)

Now, if you have a PostScript printer, the other thing to check is if the same artifacts are seen when printing to a PostScript printer. In that case, this would be a problem with Microsoft Office.

2008-12-19 05:28:38

resorte

Registered: Dec 17 2008

Posts: 17

Thanks for your reply. Here is the XLS and PDF:

http://www.excelforum.com/excel-general/666004-excel-w-word-drawings-to-pdf-graphical-noise-glitch.php

Please note, that I have been playing with this glitch for the past couple of days. I discovered that I can delete every item on the page, including the Word Drawing Graph that I suspected was causing the 'graphical noise' and still this noise appears even on a completely blank page!

2008-12-19 05:47:24

abhigyan

Registered: Nov 29 2007

Posts: 223

Well, I see noise in Excel itself (using Excel 2007). You have number of small objects placed in there. Try viewing you Excel file with a large zoom.

2008-12-19 06:21:49

resorte

Registered: Dec 17 2008

Posts: 17

Thanks for your help. When I zoom to 400% or higher in excel, I can see the noise objects and delete them. There were not visible at a lower zoom.

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Excel w/ Word Drawings to PDF = Graphical Noise Glitch !!!???