OFF2000: OrgChart: Cannot Insert OPX File into Document Under Windows NT 4.0

ID: Q226573

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SYMPTOMS

When you try to insert a Microsoft Organization Chart file (*.opx) by clicking Object on the Insert menu, you may receive the following error message in PowerPoint or Word:

Unable to load MS Organizational Chart.
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NOTE: This only occurs when you are running Office on the Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 operating system.


CAUSE

This problem is caused by an incompatibility between Organization Chart and Windows NT 4.0.


WORKAROUND

Insert with Organization Chart

To insert an .opx file into a presentation without using the Insert menu, you can start Organization Chart, open the file, copy it, and then paste it into your document.

NOTE: The following steps assume that your document is already open.
  1. Click Start, and click Run.


  2. Click Browse and navigate to the C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Orgchart folder and select Orgchart.exe.


  3. Click Open, and then click OK. This will start Organization Chart.


  4. When the Open Chart dialog box appears, select the .opx file you wish to use from the list, and then click Open.


  5. After the .opx file loads, press CTRL+A. This selects all the items in the orgchart.


  6. On the Edit menu, click Copy.


  7. Switch to your document.


  8. On the Edit menu, click Paste.


The Organizational Chart now appears in your document.


STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Organization Chart.

Additional query words: PPT2K PPT2000 PPT POWERPNT 2000 PPT9 9.0 OFF2000 


Keywords          : kbdta kborg 
Version           : WINDOWS:2000
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbbug

Last Reviewed: June 10, 1999