PPT97: Columns or Rows Missing from Inserted Gantt Chart

ID: Q189934

The information in this article applies to:

SYMPTOMS

If you insert a Gantt chart from Microsoft Project into PowerPoint, beginning and ending columns or rows may be missing. If you resize the object or try inserting the same object again, the results are the same.


CAUSE

Microsoft Project can only copy the information in the current window to the Clipboard. Therefore, if more than one screen of information is selected, only the information on the screen at the time the Copy command is executed is copied to the Clipboard.


WORKAROUND

Method 1: Reduce the Font Size

Reduce the total size of the Gantt chart by reducing the text size. To do this, follow these steps:
  1. In Microsoft Project, click Text Styles on the Format menu.


  2. From the Item To Change list, click All.


  3. Click a smaller font size. Click OK.


Reduce the font size until the entire project is visible at once. Now, when you use a copy and paste operation, the Gantt chart appears in its entirety.

Method 2: Copy as a Picture

NOTE: This method works only with Microsoft Project 98 or later, using Project's CopyPicture feature:
  1. In Project 98, on the Standard Toolbar, click Copy Picture.


  2. Select Render Image type as For Screen.


  3. Select the Copy range to Selected Rows.


  4. Set the TimeScale to As shown on screen.


  5. Click OK.


  6. In PowerPoint 97, on the Edit menu, point to Paste Special, then click on Picture (Enhanced Metafile).



STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words: 8.00 cropped chopped macppt winppt w_proj ppt8 proj timeline time line gant gannt 


Keywords          : kbinterop kbole kbdta 
Version           : WINDOWS:4.0,97,98
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbprb

Last Reviewed: August 5, 1999