Microsoft Graph v.X Unviewable in Windows PP

[Paul]

I frequently develop presentations on my Powerbook using Office v.X, and
use the built-in Microsoft Graph application to produce simple charts.

The charts NEVER display on any Windows version of Powerpoint. I see
either a blank slide or the infamous "Red X" on the Windows side.

I have to convert my presentations to PDF in order to display everything.

One would think that MS would be able to MAKE THEIR OWN APPLICATIONS
COMPATIBLE WITH EACH OTHER!

 

[Jim Gordon MVP]

Hi Paul,

The applications are compatible with each other. It sounds like the
Windows users have not installed the necessary updates.

Advise them to visit http://office.microsoft.com/ and click the link
"Check for Updates."

This fixes most of the problems that you described.

-Jim

 

[Mike Brands]

So the red "X" is a problem with Windows? Isn't there something that can be
changed in the Mac PowerPoint to make it work on Windows machines?
There's no way to know whether any given Windows user has updated their
software, so it would be best if there was a way for the Mac PowerPoint to
save files in a format that allowed all the graphics to display. I'm specifically
interested in getting my Excel graphs pasted into Powerpoint (v. X), either as
a picture or a linked object, to come up as graphs instead of x's.

Mike

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

So the red "X" is a problem with Windows?

Not exactly; it just means that PowerPoint, whichever version, can't display the
picture for some reason.

I'm specifically
interested in getting my Excel graphs pasted into Powerpoint (v. X), either as
a picture or a linked object, to come up as graphs instead of x's.

If you don't need the graphs to be editable as graphs at the other end, then just
before you send the file, ungroup then regroup each of them. That converts them to
PPT drawing shapes, which will give you the best shot at compatibility.


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[Jim Gordon MVP]

Hi Mike,

You would think that the warnings given by Microsoft would be enough to
convince Windows users to update their copies of Microsoft Office.

Microsoft Security Bulletin MS04-028
Buffer Overrun in JPEG Processing (GDI+) Could Allow Code Execution (833987)
Maximum Severity Rating: Critical
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS04-028.mspx

Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for September, 2004
Summary
Included in this advisory are updates for newly discovered
vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities, broken down by severity are:
Critical (1)
Important (1)
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/ms04-sep.mspx

And you would think that Windows users would want their copies of office to
work correctly, wouldn't you? So it's perplexing to me why on earth these
folks don't all go out and update their copies of office right away.

Short of making a splash screen announcing "you should have bought a mac
instead" I can't think of anything that Mac PowerPoint can do to make
Windows users get software updates.

But there are several ways to get around the problem. Here's one:

You can use Mac PowerPoint and use File > Save As and then choose one of the
picture formats. I think jpeg and png would work best cross-platform. Then
use the Insert Picture button on the Drawing toolbar to insert the picture
you just saved. That way your correspondents won't be trying to work with
live graphs. Instead they will see pictures.

-Jim

So the red "X" is a problem with Windows? Isn't there something that can be
changed in the Mac PowerPoint to make it work on Windows machines?
There's no way to know whether any given Windows user has updated their
software, so it would be best if there was a way for the Mac PowerPoint to
save files in a format that allowed all the graphics to display. I'm
specifically
interested in getting my Excel graphs pasted into Powerpoint (v. X), either as
a picture or a linked object, to come up as graphs instead of x's.

Mike

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Jim Gordon
Mac MVP

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