How to export charts as vector graphics

[Don Newmeyer]

Hello,

I need to be able to edit charts made in Excel X using Adobe Illustrator. I
can't seem to figure out how to export or save the charts in an appropriate
format. I can paste as an object in PowerPoint (the hope is to save them as
PICT files), but even then the chart won't convert into a drawing object,
and when I save the PowerPoint presentation as a PICT file it can't be
opened in Illustrator.

What's the trick?

Thanks!

Don