When embedding an Excel chart on a PowerPoint slide, why does the text look awful?
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I have a recurring problem with Excel 2003/PowerPoint 2003, where I have a nice-looking chart in Excel and try to embed it on a PowerPoint slide. Quite often, the text in the chart (labels, axis labelling, etc.) looks dreadful in PowerPoint - yet when I open the embedded chart it looks perfect in E…
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One workaround I can think right now is to edit the font in Excel - just use a smaller font and it will look almost as good as it looks in the original file. (or, just resize the chart manually) If you add a text box with the same font size (Arial 1…
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