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.emf Export Produce Misplaced Text
Published: 04 Apr 2017
Last Modified Date: 31 Dec 2019
Issue
After exporting from a sheet or a dashboard in Tableau Desktop, you notice that the alignment of mark labels appear slightly lower than they should.
For example,
- In a scenario where horizontal bars with mark labels contains a higher mid-line of the bars than the mid-line of the text.
- The text appears misaligned.
Environment
Tableau Desktop
Resolution
Option 1
Upgrade to Tableau Desktop 10.5.1, 10.4.4, 10.3.8, 10.2.10 or 10.1.14. For more information, see Upgrading Tableau Desktop in Tableau Help.
Option 2
As a possible workaround, change the mark label font style to something other than "Tableau Book" - for example: Arial.
Cause
This behavior is related to a known issue (ID: 720024) which has been fixed in a recent release of Tableau Desktop.