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Subject:Re: Word solidifies dashed lines in Visio objects From:DGoldstein -at- DeusTech -dot- com To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Tue, 21 Jan 2003 09:01:27 -0700
> --- DGoldstein -at- DeusTech -dot- com wrote:
> >
> > Has anyone seen this one before? A drawing created in Visio has rectangles
> > with dashed lines (Pattern 16 in Visio). When the Visio drawing is
> > embedded in a Word document, those lines become solid, both on the monitor
> > and on the printed page. But when the Visio object is opened from Word,
> > the lines still show up dashed.
>
> That sounds like something that would happen in the drawing being compressed into
> the Word document. Is the Visio going into a smaller space than it would if you just
> printed the drawing without first putting it in a Word doc?
1. Thanks, Tom
2. No, the Visio drawing is formatted in Word at 100%.
>
> Also, have you tried printing the drawing from Visio?
>
3. Yes, it works fine in Visio, both on the monitor and on the printed
page.
> =====
> Tom Murrell
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