I've been reporting both of these issues as bugs since the beta. Don't hold
your breath.

The poor image quality is a consequence of how the new Office Art shapes
were implemented. everyone knows antialiasing makes images better, right?
Well, no. It seems the antialiasing was done right in the shapes, rather
than by the drivers that render the shape on the screen. When you copy the
shapes, the antialiasing is locked in, so there's no way it will work when
positioned and scaled differently with respect to the screen.

The poor performance of the F4 Repeat Last Action function is related to the
transition to modeless forms. Everyone knows a modeless form is better than
a modal form, too, right? Right.

- Jon
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Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
Tutorials and Custom Solutions
Peltier Technical Services, Inc. - http://PeltierTech.com
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"artemis" wrote in message
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Just to let people know that I logged a support call with Microsoft
about this. A very nice tech support person worked with me for close
to an hour trying out different options so he could see the issue. At
one point he got an error mnessage (which I didn't get) that the
picture was too large and would be truncated. It worked better when he
changed the orientaion to landscape. We agreed that was not an
adequate solution though it may be useful in some situations.

Although there is no solution yet, he has told me that he is still
testing and researching, plus is in contact with the Microsoft
Escalation group to further escalate this case if needed.

I also referred him to the comments in ths group.

I will let you all know what happens, if anything. Meantime, it might
not hurt if someone else also logged a support call.

PS Am thinking about logging a call about the dismal changes to the F4
key in 2007. For charting especially that was surely one of the most
useful functions in Excel 2003. I still get cross and frustrated about
the diminution of F4 functionality.