Word 2003: White background prints as gray
May 4, 2008Have you inserted a graphic into Word, Excel, or PowerPoint, then noticed that its white background prints as a very light gray? This is a known issue with Microsoft Office products when the graphic’s format is PNG or BMP (KB 908021).
Solution:
- Open the graphic in a graphics editor, then save it as one of these formats: GIF, JPG, or TIF.
- Reinsert the graphic into the document and the light grey should be gone the next time you print.
[This article was first published in the September 2006 CyberText Newsletter; added Microsoft KB reference, 21 August 2008]
A thing not mentioned here:
You have to save the image as RGB for some strange Word reason. I had the same jpg in cmyk and rgb. As cmyk it printet white as light grey. Go figure…
This is why I hate word ;) Nothing is simple really.
[...] much frustration and further ‘googling’ I found this article that solved the problem in question. All that was needed was to change the color mode [...]
Hi.
The same problem occurs while playing imported movies in windows powerpoint. Ive tried .wmv and .avi but my white backgrounds turns light gray. Any tips on solving this?