Word for Windows Paste Link with Excel 3.0 Chart

ID: Q71466

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

If you place a Microsoft Excel for Windows version 3.0 chart on a worksheet, you cannot paste link that chart into Word for Windows. To perform a paste link with a chart you have placed on a worksheet in Excel, follow these steps:

1. Select the chart in Excel.

2. Click the chart tool on the ribbon. This places a copy of the

   chart in its own window.

3. Press SHIFT.

4. From the Edit menu, choose Copy Picture.

5. Select either "as shown on screen" or "as printed" and choose OK.

6. Close the window that was opened for the chart by double-clicking

   the chart tool.

7. Place the insertion point where you want the chart to appear in the

   Word for Windows document.

8. From the Edit menu, choose Paste Special (Paste Link in version 2.x.)

For more information on paste linking with an Excel version 3.0 chart that is embedded in a worksheet, query on the words:

   paste and link and chart

Reference(s):

"Microsoft Word for Window's User's Reference," pages 201-203

KBCategory: kbinterop KBSubcategory: Additional query words: 1.0 1.1 1.1a 1.x 2.0 2.0 winword2 word6 winword

Keywords          : kbinterop
Version           : 1.x 2.x 6.0
Platform          : WINDOWS

Last Reviewed: July 30, 1997