OFF98: TIFF Images Become Much Bigger When Inserted

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SYMPTOMS

The size of a Tag Image File Format (TIFF) picture opened in a third-party graphics product may be much smaller than the same TIFF picture opened in one of the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

NOTE: This behavior may also occur with a Portable Network Graphic (PNG) file.

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CAUSE

The TIFF graphic filter incorrectly translates graphics that are exported from some graphics applications.

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WORKAROUND

Convert the image to another graphic format (for example, Macintosh Picture (PICT) or Encapsulated Postscript (EPS) with a graphic converter application. The picture in the new graphic format can then be inserted into one of the applications listed at the beginning of this article.

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STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

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MORE INFORMATION

For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

185922 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/185922/EN-US/ ) OFF98: MS Office 98 Graphics Filters and Their Limitations

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APPLIES TO

Microsoft Excel 98 for Macintosh
Microsoft Word 98 for Macintosh
Microsoft PowerPoint 98 for Macintosh

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