WinWord: Can't Paste Link an Embedded Chart from Excel 3.0

ID: Q70129

The information in this article applies to:

• Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 1.0, 1.1, 1.1a, 2.0, 2.0a, 2.0a-CD, 2.0b, 2.0c, 6.0, 6.0a, 6.0c

SUMMARY

Excel 3.0 allows you to create a chart by clicking the Chart icon on the ribbon, then clicking and dragging an outline of the chart on the spreadsheet. This chart can be pasted into Word for Windows. However, this type of chart will not work for Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE).

MORE INFORMATION

To create a DDE link between a chart in Excel 3.0 and Word for Windows, you must do the following:

Create the Chart

1. Enter the data into the spreadsheet.

2. Highlight the data to be used in the chart.

3. From the File menu, choose New.

4. Select Chart and choose OK.

5. Add formatting if necessary.

6. From the File menu, choose Save to save the chart.

Copy the Chart

1. From the Chart menu, choose Select Chart.

2. From the Edit menu, choose the Copy command.

Paste Link the Chart

1. Open Word for Windows.

2. Move the insertion point to where the chart is to be placed.

Word for Windows Version 1.0 and 1.1

   From the Edit menu, choose Paste Link and choose OK.

   From the Edit menu, choose Paste Special, select Picture and
   choose Paste Link.

Version           : 1.10 1.10a 2.0 2.0a 2.0a-CD 2
Platform          : WINDOWS

Last Reviewed: July 30, 1997