Excel (Mac X) charts not readable

[Kim Schumann]

Greetings,

I have created some basic charts in Excel X for Mac at Service Release 1
with the 10.1.5 update installed.

I select the chart in the worksheet and copy it and then I open PowerPoint X
and under the Edit menu select Paste Special. From there I have used both
the MS Excel Object and the Picture paste options and then I save the file
as a PowerPoint file.

When Windows users try to view the slides, all they see is a square with a
red "X" in the upper left hand corner.

I also subscribe to Adobe's online PDF service and when I convert the Mac X
file to the PDF version, Adobe Reader 6.0 also shows a red "X" in the
corner.

Thanks in advance,

Kim

 

[Steve Rindsberg, PPTMVP]

Try ungrouping then immediately regrouping the Excel chart in PPT prior to
saving it (best to do this on a COPY of your original, since it'll destroy
the link to the original spreadsheet)

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[Kim Schumann]

Try ungrouping then immediately regrouping the Excel chart in PPT prior to
saving it (best to do this on a COPY of your original, since it'll destroy
the link to the original spreadsheet)

Steve,

Thanks for the suggestion as it worked.

Kim