Can't see pasted charts from Excel into PowerPoint (Office11)

[Chris J]

All my pasted Excel charts are suddenly no longer visible in PowerPoint,
instead I get that nasty red cross. I always copy the chart to the Clipboard
in Excel, then use Paste Special, Picture (Enhanced Metafile) in PowerPoint,
which has worked for years just fine.

I'm running Office2003 Pro on Office XP Pro and have all the service packs
and updates for both. I have 1GB of RAM, so it's not a simple memory issue.

When I open Excel and try to copy a different chart, on the Clipboard it
shows the green Excel icon but instead of the normal tiny picture of the
chart it says "Preview not available". When I then try to paste this chart
into PowerPoint either as a picture or as a Microsoft Excel Chart Object, I
just get a blank rectangle.

When I open the first PowerPoint on a different PC, it displays the charts
perfectly, so it's definately something to do with this PC.

I may have broken it by installing software for a TV card, which I have now
uninstalled and have removed the card. I am using an ASUS A9600XT graphics
card, but I have no idea if this matters for this issue.

I've hunted around the web and suspect it's something to do with GDI, but I
can't find how to fix it.

Can anyone help ?

Thanks & Regards

 

[Echo S]

Yes, it probably does have something to do with GDI, but I can't tell you
exactly what.

See RED X instead of graphics
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00064.htm

If you can go back to a restore point from before you installed the TV card,
that might be the easiest fix. Otherwise, see if updating your video drivers
does the trick.