Font typeface changes when I paste a graph from Excel to Word

Question

I've created graphs in Excel. The typeface I used is Arial.

When I paste the graphs into Word, the typeface changes to what looks like Times or TImes New Roman. How do I keep the typeface from changing?

I've tried Paste Special, then

Microsoft Excel Chart Object and

Microsoft Office Graph Object

which both result in the typeface change.

I've tried Paste Special, then

Picture

which results in a rather blurry graph.

I've tried Paste Special, then

PDF

which works great, except the PDF graphs make my file size too big.

I've tried creating a PDF for each graph, then compressing the PDF size, but when I paste the graph into the Word document, it's readable but rather blurry.

I just want to know how to keep the type face from changing in the first place!

Thanks

Tom

Answer 1

I continued to play around with this and I found that my original Excel graphs were not in Arial as I wrote in my question, but in Calibri. If I change the typeface in my Excel graphs from Calibri to Arial, then paste them into Word, they come across fine. Even though my Word document typeface is Calibri, there's not enough difference between Arial and Calibri to be noticeable, so this is going to be my fix (I can't change the Word document to Arial, because Calibri is the organization's standard typeface). 

I don't relish the idea of doing this for 32 graphs,  and I don't understand why Word seems to think it needs to change my typeface for me, but at least I can move forward.

Thanks for the help. I'm glad you pointed out the Preferences>Edit option--I've never explored that before and found some good options in there.

Thanks again,

Tom

Answer 2

This has been driving me nuts as well.

When I click the line chart to create a standard chart in Excel, then select the y axis, for example, the font will always be Calibri (Body) - when I paste this chart into Powerpoint, the font is always changed to Arial. 

After constantly having to reformat my charts in PPT, and going nearly batshirt crazy, I figured out that the problem is the "body" part of Calibri (body) - if you make the chart all Calibri, it pastes as Calibri.

BTW, Im working on a brand new 27" iMac, which, if you care, I dont like at all, after owning a 24" iMac from 2008. ( slow to wake up, font issues, all sorts of other little gremlins, 100% magnification that is waaaaaay too small for Office 2011, etc etc. )

Answer 3

Have you enabled Word > Preferences > Edit > Use smart cut and paste? There is also a Settings button that allows customization.

Daniel, that sure seemed promising--under the Settings button there's even an option for turning on or off Adjust formatting when pasting from Excel.  But, I've played around with turning that on and off and also turning on and off the Use smart cut and paste option and I'm getting the same results. I've never seen this before--I'm wondering if it's a Mac issue. Thanks, Tom

Answer 4

Have you enabled Word > Preferences > Edit > Use smart cut and paste? There is also a Settings button that allows customization.