When you rotate text in cells in an Excel 2007 document on a Terminal Services client that is running in Monitor Spanning mode, the text appears misaligned, partly or completely invisible, or the AutoFit Column Width function does not work

You rotate text in cells in an Excel 2007 document on a Terminal Services client that is running in Monitor Spanning mode. For example, the screen resolution is 2560 x 1024 pixels. When you do this, the text appears misaligned, or partly or completely invisible. Additionally, the AutoFit Column Width function may not not work.

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 fix this issue, apply the hotfix that is described in KB 971858, and then enable the hotfix. To do this, follow these steps:

1. Apply the hotfix that is described in KB 971858. For more information about the hotfix, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
   971858 Description of the Excel 2007 hotfix package (Excel.msp, Graph.msp, Xlconv.msp): June 30, 2009
2. Enable the hotfix. To do this, follow these steps:
   1. 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\Excel\Options\
   3. On the Edit menu, point to New, and then click DWORD Value.
   4. Type RDPCheckAspectLog, and then press ENTER.
   5. Right-click RDPCheckAspectLog, and then click Modify.
   6. In the Value data box, type 1, and then click OK.
   7. Exit Registry Editor.