The font style of text in a linked Microsoft® Excel® worksheet object may change in Microsoft® Word.
Microsoft® Excel® data inserted into a Microsoft® Word file using Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) may change size or shape when the Microsoft® Word file is opened at a later time.
This issue has been addressed by Microsoft® in the Microsoft® forum Linked Excel Objects in Word font and spacing become distorted when saved.
Steps to take:
This issue has been addressed by Microsoft® in the Microsoft® forum Linked Excel Objects in Word font and spacing become distorted when saved.
Steps to take:
- Close out of all Office documents.
- Click the Windows Start button, and then type regedit and press enter.
- Locate and then select the following registry subkey:
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HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\XX.X\Common (where XX.X is referencing the version of Office on the machine).
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- On the Edit menu, point to New, and then click DWORD Value.
- Type UsePrinterDCForMetafile, and then press ENTER.
- Right-click UsePrinterDCForMetafile, and then click Modify.
- In the Value data box, type 1, and then click OK.
- Locate and then select the following registry subkey:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\XX.X\Excel\Options (where XX.X is referencing the version of Office on the machine). - On the Edit menu, point to New, and then click DWORD Value.
- Type QFE_Boston, and then press ENTER.
- Right-click QFE_Boston, and then click Modify.
- In the Value data box, type 1, and then click OK.
- On the File menu, click Exit to exit Registry Editor
- Open the Excel and Word document
- If the behavior of the linked table is still the same, recreate the linked table in the Word document.
Solution Id | 000074861/000074861 |
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