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Linked Excel Tables Become Black when converted to PDF
I need help with this. I create a new word doc. Paste in a new table linked
to excel. I set the table to manually update. When I create pdf, the tables are replaced by black boxes. I'm using all vista products with Acrobat 8. All are updated. |
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Linked Excel Tables Become Black when converted to PDF
Did you also update your printer driver? I seem to recall this occuring with
a Xerox printer and it could occur with others as well. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Melton What is a Microsoft MVP? http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/gp/mvpfaqs Guides for the Office 2007 Interface: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/tr...295841033.aspx "Surffreak" wrote in message ... I need help with this. I create a new word doc. Paste in a new table linked to excel. I set the table to manually update. When I create pdf, the tables are replaced by black boxes. I'm using all vista products with Acrobat 8. All are updated. |
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Linked Excel Tables Become Black when converted to PDF
Yes, I have all available updates. Upon further experimentation, it appreas
that the tables are linked to Excel with manual update checked. These tables will go black when converted to PDF using pdfmaker. If the automatic update is checked the tables will appear fine when pdf'd. However if they are changed and were at anytime manual, then they will be black. "Beth Melton" wrote: Did you also update your printer driver? I seem to recall this occuring with a Xerox printer and it could occur with others as well. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Melton What is a Microsoft MVP? http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/gp/mvpfaqs Guides for the Office 2007 Interface: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/tr...295841033.aspx "Surffreak" wrote in message ... I need help with this. I create a new word doc. Paste in a new table linked to excel. I set the table to manually update. When I create pdf, the tables are replaced by black boxes. I'm using all vista products with Acrobat 8. All are updated. |
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Linked Excel Tables Become Black when converted to PDF
I have this problem with embedded Excel tables too. Doesn't seem to make a
difference whether they are embedded, or linked. For embedded Excel sheets within Word, one workaround I have been using is to delete the sheet that turns black within Word, save the document, reopen it and recreate the sheet from scratch (the horror, the horror). Simply copying it, deleting and pasting does not always work. One time, saving the document as .docx (from a 2003 .doc) solved the problem. In another case, even doing that resulted in the black embedded Excel worksheets. But that occurs only in PDF conversion, and it seems to happen when using Office 2007 to handle 2003 documents. The Microsoft PDF addin seems to avoid the black worksheets a bit better, but they do lose visual quality. Lock "Surffreak" wrote: I need help with this. I create a new word doc. Paste in a new table linked to excel. I set the table to manually update. When I create pdf, the tables are replaced by black boxes. I'm using all vista products with Acrobat 8. All are updated. |
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