insert pdf then save as excel 97-04 broken since 12.1.2 update

[paulcwr]

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: Intel

Microsoft people, you have broken an essential feature in 12.1.2 update. It's now not possible to save as ppt 97-04 a presentation with an embedded pdf image.

steps to recreate:
1. create new presentation
2. insert-picture-from file- choose a pdf image
3. save as-format 'ppt 97-4'

ppt then crashes! this means not possible to paste into ppt from excel!

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[Lari Kemiläinen]

Same thing in Word & PowerPoint. Seems to be Office-wide.

 

[Jim Gordon MVP]

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: Intel

Microsoft people, you have broken an essential feature in 12.1.2 update. It's now not possible to save as ppt 97-04 a presentation with an embedded pdf image.

steps to recreate:
1. create new presentation
2. insert-picture-from file- choose a pdf image
3. save as-format 'ppt 97-4'

ppt then crashes! this means not possible to paste into ppt from excel!

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Hi,

Anyone who is experiencing this problem should use Help > Send Feedback.
Be sure to include system information (OS version, basic hardware and RAM).

Something like this is sure to get a quick fix if enough people report
it right away.

-Jim

--
Jim Gordon
Mac MVP

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[CyberTaz]

I have confirmed this & found it to be the case with *all* Office apps as a
result of the 12.1.2 update. I've filed a bug with MacBU, but as Jim
suggested each user should: (1) Be sure to use the Send Report option when
the crash occurs & (2) Directly use Help> Send Feedback to hammer the issue
home. I certainly can't say for sure but I would expect something of this
nature to be addressed rather quickly.

Thanks for the heads-up

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

 

[Mtn.Marty]

Me too. the only work around I've found is to save the pdf as a JPEG and then insert that as a picture file. I've already sent feedback too.
Marty

 

[paulcwr]

quick fix? it's been 2 weeks and no response from msft... anyone has any news as to when a fix is likely? this is a big issue. can't believe they don't incorporate something like that in their testing and QA procedures, if they have any!

 

[Brett]

Same problem here, reproducible every time. Didn't they tout PDF insertion when they rolled out Office 2008?

 

[Lucthebauer]

The same for me in Word 2008. Saving as .docx works fine. Saving as .doc,
Word 2008 crashes.

 

[Lucthebauer]

The same for me in Word 2008.

 

[paulcwr]

Does it now work since updating to 12.1.3? i have updated but still can't paste. it's even more broken now since it's not even possible to paste as picture. When i copy in excel and paste special as either picture or pdf all i get is a blue set of handles on the ppt slide.

have however found a very unsatisfactory work around which i wanted to share. it's a small free application called skitch (www.skitch.com) which allows you to take a picture of a part of your screen, like an excel graph and paste it as pdf into other application. how a small startup can fix something that msft can't baffles me, or maybe not....

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