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Hello Doug,
To me, this sounds like a problem/limitation with how Excel is providing a
rendering for that OLE object.
One of the first steps for troubleshooting OLE objects is to isolate
whether the problem is in the container application (in this case,
PowerPoint) or in the source application (in this case Excel).
To isolate the problem:
1) First try a different container applications. I usually recommend
WordPad since it's the most generic OLE container and it ships with Windows.
a) Insert same object into WordPad
b) If applicable, perform same operation on object (if possible) that you
performed in other container (such as resizing object)
c) Does the problem occur in both containers? - If so, the problem might
be with the source application or just an OLE limitation
2) Try different source applications: Which ones I recommend would depend
on the problem. However, it is not always possible to find another source
application which provides a rendering of it's object in the same way so
you might not be able to definitively determine whether it's a container
application problem (because it occurs with multiple source applications).
a) Insert different source object into the same container application (in
this case, PowerPoint)
b) If applicable, perform the same operation on this object that you
performed on the other object (such as resizing object)
c) Does the problem occur with this object? If not, repeat steps 2a-2c
with additional source applications.
So:
* If the problem occurs with only 1 source and multiple containers -> Most
likely a problem or limitation with server application
* If the problem occurs with only 1 container and multiple sources -> Most
likely a problem or limitation with client application
* If the problem occurs with multiple container and multiple sources ->
Most likely a limitation of OLE technology
As always, if you (or anyone else reading this message) have suggestions
about how PowerPoint and Office interoperability (such as Object Linking
and Embedding) should be improved, don't forget to send your feedback (in
YOUR OWN WORDS, please) to Microsoft at:
http://register.microsoft.com/mswish/suggestion.asp
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your wish but also WHY it is important to you that your product suggestion
be implemented by Microsoft. Microsoft receives thousands of product
suggestions every day and we read each one but, in any given product
development cycle, there are only sufficient resources to address the ones
that are most important to our customers so take the extra time to state
your case as clearly and completely as possible.
IMPORTANT: Each submission should be a single suggestion (not a list of
suggestions)
John Langhans
Microsoft Corporation
Supportability Program Manager
Microsoft Office PowerPoint for Windows
Microsoft Office Picture Manager for Windows
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