Project Objects Loses Custom Color Formats in PowerPoint

ID: Q126388

The information in this article applies to:

• Microsoft Project for Windows, version 4.0
• Microsoft Project for Windows 95, version 4.1
• Microsoft Project 98 for Windows
• Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows, version 4.0
• Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows 95, version 7.0
• Microsoft PowerPoint 97 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

When a Gantt chart from Microsoft Project is pasted into Microsoft PowerPoint, bar end shapes may lose their custom colors.

CAUSE

When Microsoft PowerPoint is used as an OLE client to embed a Microsoft Project chart, Microsoft PowerPoint may recolor an object to match its presentation slide settings. Bar start and end shapes (such as milestones) are affected whether they are set as a bar style (Format Bar Style) or as a custom bar setting (Format Bar).

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, do the following to recolor the embedded Microsoft Project charts in Microsoft PowerPoint:

1. On the Edit menu, click Paste Special, and then click Picture.

2. Choose OK to embed the picture.

3. Double-click the embedded Microsoft Project Chart.

   Microsoft PowerPoint brings up a dialog box that asks you if you
   would like to convert the picture to Microsoft PowerPoint objects.

This procedure breaks the Project chart up into its individual components. Now you can click on each bar and change its color individually.

Additional query words: 4.00 wrong default ppt8 ppt8.0 7.00 8.00 4.10

Keywords          : kbinterop kbole
Version           : windows:4.0,7.0,97
Platform          : WINDOWS
Hardware          : x86
Issue type        : kbprb

Last Reviewed: May 5, 1998