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 Hi,

> Martin Wessendorf wrote:
> If I remember correctly, the resolution of an image copied from Excel,
> Word or PowerPoint will be a function of its size on the screen at the
> time it's copied.
> 
> Before you copy from Excel, increase the size of the image on your
> monitor to as large as it will go--3200% or whatever it is.  Select-all,
> copy, and paste into PhotoShop.

The problem with Excel (at leas Office 2003) is that one can not zoom in
more than 400%. 

I usually convert everything in pdf-format. Using the described "zooming
approach" of Martin in Acrobat works great for me.

Good luck!
Andreas Vlachos