OFF98: Chart Is Pasted as Picture Instead of Graph Object

• Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition
• Microsoft Office 98 Macintosh Edition
• Microsoft Word 98 Macintosh Edition
• Microsoft PowerPoint 98 Macintosh Edition

SYMPTOMS

When you copy a chart from the Microsoft Graph program, and then attempt to paste it in a Microsoft Office 98 Macintosh Edition program, the only file format that is available is the picture format. You cannot paste the chart as a Microsoft Graph object.

CAUSE

This problem occurs when you do the following:

• You insert a Microsoft Graph object into your document by clicking Chart on the Insert menu.

  -and-

• You copy the chart, close the Microsoft Graph program, and then click Paste Special on the Edit menu to paste the chart

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, do not copy the chart until you have switched to the document. To switch to the document, click "Quit and Return to Document" on the File menu.

NOTE: In Microsoft PowerPoint, this command is "Quit and Return to Presentation." In Microsoft Excel, the command is "Quit and Return to Workbook."

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

REFERENCES

For more information about inserting objects, click the Index tab in Help, type the following text

   OLE objects, creating and inserting