Publisher 2013 - Print and PDF Quality issue for embedded Excel.

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When I print or export to a PDF, the embedded Excel documents in my Publisher 2013 document do not have crisp, clear text. However exactly the same document under Office 2010 they look and print fine. I have an example of a PDF created from the same Publisher document, one in 2010 (on the left), one in 2013 (on the right) which I have uploaded that clearly demonstrate the issue. Is this a known bug, or a font issue with Office 2013? I work at a University where we have an enterprise licence for Office 2013 so are only just considering to roll it out to staff currently, but if this is an issue we will have to wait for a fix.

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Anonymous

2012-12-08T15:33:34+00:00

I already tried to change the quality for print in PDF, the problem also occurs in XPS files.

Also if I use Adobe Acrobat or Bullzip the results are the same, bad quality in Publisher 2013, high quality in Publisher 2010.

If I open a file in Publisher 2010 I see excel linked objects in high quality, if I open a file in Publisher 2013 I see excel linked objects in low quality.

There is a display problem of low quality for the excel linked objects in Publisher 2013.

I don't have a good answer for you. Perhaps if you save the Excel object as a higher resolution image and insert it into Publisher rather than linking you will at least get the quality you seek. Yes, I realize that updating will be more tedious.

Is there any possibility that you can affect the object quality directly from Excel? In other words is Excel 2013 output lower quality than Excel 2010 and older? Is there a setting that changes that?

I don't know if this will be fixed or changed before the final version of Publisher is released to the public. From what I understand there is still a built-in method of submitting 'bugs' from each program that you might try. Look under Help??? With Office 2013 at the RTM stage I suspect you won't see significant changes to Publisher in the near future.

Sorry I am not of more help but for a variety of reasons I have opted to not install Pub 2013 yet and thus my knowledge about this version is minimal.

DavidF
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Anonymous

2012-12-08T13:23:58+00:00

Any news for a hotfix from Microsoft?
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Anonymous

2012-12-05T15:30:12+00:00

Exactly as Saturn says, there is an issue with Excel embedded documents (so they update when you open the Publisher document if the Excel has been changed). It can be seen on screen, when sending to a PDF or in print form. I can't find any way to improve it which is why I suspect it's a serious bug with Publisher 2013. Also it doesn't occur (for the same document) in Publisher 2010 or Publisher 2007 which I have now also checked.
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Anonymous

2012-12-05T14:57:36+00:00

I already tried to change the quality for print in PDF, the problem also occurs in XPS files.

Also if I use Adobe Acrobat or Bullzip the results are the same, bad quality in Publisher 2013, high quality in Publisher 2010.

If I open a file in Publisher 2010 I see excel linked objects in high quality, if I open a file in Publisher 2013 I see excel linked objects in low quality.

There is a display problem of low quality for the excel linked objects in Publisher 2013.
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Anonymous

2012-12-05T14:16:55+00:00

Perhaps the default pdf settings are different? When you get to the 'Publish as a pdf...' or the Save as screen click the 'Optimize' button and increase the quality of the pdf. Perhaps compare to the settings in Publisher 2010?

DavidF
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