The text in a Graph object in a 2007 Office application is squeezed together on a Terminal Services client that is running in Monitor Spanning mode with a screen resolution of 2560 x 1024 pixels or higher

Consider the following scenario. You use 2007 Microsoft Office applications on a Microsoft Terminal Services (MSTSC) client. The MSTSC client is running in Monitor Spanning mode at a screen resolution of 2560 � 1024 pixels or higher. When you insert a Microsoft Graph object into a 2007 Office application in this scenario, the text in the Graph object is squeezed together.

Important This section, method, or task contains steps that tell you how to modify the registry. However, serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Therefore, make sure that you follow these steps carefully. For added protection, back up the registry before you modify it. Then, you can restore the registry if a problem occurs. For more information about how to back up and restore the registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: To resolve this problem, apply the Excel 2007 hotfix package that is dated April 30, 2009, and then set a value for the EMFForcePrintOw registry entry. To do this, follow these steps:

1. Apply the Excel 2007 hotfix package that is date April 30, 2009.
   For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
   968863� Description of the Excel 2007 hotfix package (Excel.msp, Xlconv.msp, Graph.msp): April 30, 2009
2. Set a value for the EMFForcePrintOw registry entry. To do this, follow these steps:
   1. Start Registry Editor.
      • In Windows Vista, click Start
        , type regedit in the Start Search box, and then press ENTER.
        
        
        If you are prompted for an administrator password or for confirmation, type the password, or provide confirmation.
      • In Windows XP, click Start, click Run, type regedit in the Open box, and then click OK.
   2. Locate and then click the following registry subkey:
      HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Graph\Options
   3. On the Edit menu, point to New, and then click DWORD Value.
   4. Type EMFForcePrintOw, and then press ENTER.
   5. Right-click EMFForcePrintOw, and then click Modify.
   6. In the Value data box, type 1, and then click OK.
   7. Exit Registry Editor.

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.