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

Anonymous
2012-12-04T16:33:41+00:00

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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  1. Anonymous
    2015-11-03T23:51:48+00:00

    I agree with the previous writer. In MS 2010 a spreadsheet selection can be copied and pasted as a picture into a Publisher file which can then be re-sized to fit. In MS 2013 the end result is fuzzy and not suitable for print.

    Try this experiment. Instead of copying and pasting, and assuming you are using Excel, after you have made your spreadsheet selection, right click and Save As a picture directly from Excel. Choose a higher resolution, perhaps 300 dpi PNG file and save to your hard drive. Then in Publisher insert > Picture box and browse to where you saved the PNG and insert it. Ideally size at 100% scale or less. PNG files tend to scale better than JPG or GIF files.

    DavidF

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