Excel printing and display scaling bug

Anonymous
2018-04-10T15:17:07+00:00

Windows 7 Pro

Office 365 x64 ver 1709 (Build 8431.2236 click-torun)

When printing with Excel, the page layout is being affected by display scaling.  I had it set at 125%.  A spreadsheet that normally prints to 6 pages is trying to print to 9 or 10 pages.  Adjusting the page size in "page break view" does not fix the problem.  This is with the setting, "fit all columns on one page".  If you simply reduce the *print* scaling (by a percentage, instead) until it print on only 6 pages, the sheet appears more narrow than it normally does.

If you simply set the display scaling back to 100%, it fixes the problem.  Display scaling should only change what I see, not how it prints.

Furthermore, checking the box under excel shortcut:  "disable display scaling on high dpi settings" does NOT disable the display scaling for excel like it should.  I had to completely shut it off under display settings to resolve the problem.

Edit:  Added *print* to the scaling option I was referring to.   Please note display scaling setting is in windows and print scaling is in excel.

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  1. Anonymous
    2019-01-02T13:44:32+00:00

    I've already submitted OffCAT logs for two different machines.  I submitted four logs, one with intel graphics and one with nvidia for each.  I tried them each with the nvidia cards disabled, rebooted, moved the video cable to the on-board graphics port (or used laptop screen) and used the intel graphics built into the respective CPU's.  In all four instances I had the same problem.  One of the machines only has one monitor to start with. one machines has a consumer card, a nvidia gtx 1070, and the other is a workstation card, a nvidia quadro m1200.

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  2. Anonymous
    2019-01-02T06:38:14+00:00

    Hi JasMed,

    Thanks for your reply, I'll feedback this. @All, if convenient you can also share the system details as mentioned above for our reference.

    Best Regards,

    Jim

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  3. Anonymous
    2019-01-02T02:27:36+00:00

    AMD FirePro W4190M

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  4. Anonymous
    2019-01-01T01:32:59+00:00

    Hi JasMed, Taylor & CW2019,

    I got a feedback. To further investigate the issue, please confirm if you are also using Nvidia display card and share its details with us.

    *We did some tests and cannot reproduce the issue with other display cards like Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640.

    To check this, you can run Computer Management > Device Manager > Display adapters to view the display adapter information.

    Best Regards,

    Jim

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  5. Anonymous
    2018-11-16T17:56:50+00:00

    My work around was to purchase reading glasses. *face palm*  

    Hopefully they fix it someday....

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