How to get the Big Red X (and how to avoid it)

[Rrrock L]

I figured out what may be causing the "Big Red X" problem on a PowerPoint
graphic.

1. Double click your chart.
2. Make your modifications.
3. While still in chart edit mode, click on a totally different slide.
4. Wa-la! Big Red X.

Somehow PPT forgets that changes that you were making in chart edit mode,
and doesn't know what to do, so it gives you a Big Red X.

To avoid this from happening, always exit the chart edit mode by clicking on
the outside of the same slide (like the title or the gray space behind the
slide or the white space). This somehow commits the changes you just made
within the chart edit mode and you avoid the dreaded "Big Red X". This is a
behavioral change that you will personally have to commit to doing.
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Rrrock L

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[Glen Millar]

Hi,

Thanks for the information. It will probably be version dependent. Always go
to Help| Check for updates in case a patch of some sort fixes the problem. I
know this is a suggestion, but I'd be curious about your version.

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Regards,
Glen Millar
Microsoft PPT MVP

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[Rrrock L]

Dear Glen,

I've been waiting for a patch to this since ... well a long time, because
I'm famous for my Big Red X... happened at a Board meeting... ugh! We had to
go to Plan B... hard copy.

I'm running MS PowerPoint 2003 SP2.

-- Thanks for responding.
Rrrock L