Excel Chart Copy-Paste Word Problem

[ggdenny]

Can anyone help me figure this out. Whenever I copy to side-by-sde
charts in Excel, and then paste in Word only the left-most chart
actually appears. I can see the handles around the right-most chart,
but it will not display, show uo in print preview, or print. The result
is the same whether I have the charts grouped in Excel, and no matter
how far or close they are together - in fact they are less than a 1/2
column apart in Excel. I've actually uninstalled and reinstalled Office
2004 to no avail.

Please help!!

 

[CyberTaz]

You can reinstall another 1,000 times & it won't make any difference

This isn't 'technically' accurate but perhaps it illustrates the point: The
charts are two separate objects & trying to copy & Paste them both at the
same time will *not* reduce them to a size that will fit on a page - they
are each retaining their own relative sizes & being pasted into a
'container' that's only big enough to display one.

Copy & Paste each chart separately so they won't be 'joined at the hip',
then use the appropriate wrapping in Word to size & position them as you
wish.

HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

 

[ggdenny]

Bob,

I understand your point, except I'm still confused about a couple of
issues: the 2 charts in question are actually quite small, and
side-by-side they would easily fit within the margins of a letter sized
page. In fact, if I make the charts miniscule in Excel, the right-most
chart still does not appear when pasted into Word. Also, this
funtionality works perfectly in Office 2003 for Wiindows.

Honestly, this makes no sense and is VERY frustrating.

 

[CyberTaz]

I'm not clear from your original posting - have you tried this *without* the
XL charts being Grouped? Grouped will definitely result in what you
describe... In fact the rightmost chart often isn't visible at all. I've
repeatedly tried this - even with the 2 charts on separate sides of the
page break indicator & copying the two at once then pasting to Word results
in separate chart objects.

Also, make sure you aren't using Paste Special>As: Picture. Use MS Office
Drawing Object (although that should be the default). That should result in
two separate chart objects which *do* overlap each other when initially
pasted, but each can be manipulated separately.

If you're still getting a different result there may be more to the issue,
but reinstalling Office probably isn't the solution.

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac