WD97: Chart Missing Pasting Grouped Items from Microsoft Excel

• Microsoft Word 97 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

In Microsoft Word 97, when you paste group items including a Chart object created in Microsoft Excel 97, the chart is missing.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, in Microsoft Excel, select and copy the chart and the other items (a text box in this example) without grouping them. Then, paste the objects into Microsoft Word and then group them there. To do this, follow these steps:

1. In Microsoft Excel, select the text box and then press and hold down the SHIFT key and select the chart.

   Both objects should be selected.

2. On the Edit menu, click Copy.

3. In Microsoft Word, click Paste on the Edit menu.

4. Right-click the selected objects, point to Grouping, and then click Group.

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.

MORE INFORMATION

Notes:

- The image of the chart appears on the clipboard and is pasted into both

  Microsoft Excel and Microsoft PowerPoint.

  you group any objects other than a chart, pasting works as expected.

   ARTICLE-ID: Q157638
   TITLE     : WD97: Microsoft Excel 97 Chart Object Becomes Picture
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