PLEASE HELP ME :(

[Simon]

Can someone please help me? I am getting desperate.

Firstly, I am using Office XP sp2.

I am creating a lot of Microsoft Graphs in Word (over
100). Some Graphs are created from scratch and some are
Copied and Pasted to retain their formatting (Font etc.)
After creating the Graph and closing the document, every
thing is fine until I revisit the graph at a later date.
When I double click on the Graph to edit it, it reverts
back to a previous form. (Colours change, data changes,
font changes. Everything!!) If I click outside the graph
and press "undo" the graph returns to the way I want it.
The only way I have found to fix the problem is to
recreate the graph. This process is time consuming, and
time is one thing I don't have a lot of.

The only thing I can think of is that the Graph is looking
at a data source that I do not know about....?

I have tried
.. Closing the document and reopening it.
.. Copying and pasting the graph into a new document
.. Restarting the computer to clear any Cached
information and the clipboard
.. Copying and pasting the graph, then deleting the
original

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Simon,

With over 100 embedded objects in the file it's
possible that there is a resource issue or that
the file has become corrupted.

Try saving a copy as RTF and as a Web page from Word,
close Word, reopen the file and see if that improves
things at all.

Make sure that you are not using [ ] Allow Fast Saves in
Tools=>Options=>Save, or File=>Versions and that you
have cleared out all old temp files by using Start=>Search
and looking for ~$*.*;*.tmp

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Can someone please help me? I am getting desperate.

Firstly, I am using Office XP sp2.

I am creating a lot of Microsoft Graphs in Word (over
100). Some Graphs are created from scratch and some are
Copied and Pasted to retain their formatting (Font etc.)
After creating the Graph and closing the document, every
thing is fine until I revisit the graph at a later date.
When I double click on the Graph to edit it, it reverts
back to a previous form. (Colours change, data changes,
font changes. Everything!!) If I click outside the graph
and press "undo" the graph returns to the way I want it.
The only way I have found to fix the problem is to
recreate the graph. This process is time consuming, and
time is one thing I don't have a lot of.

The only thing I can think of is that the Graph is looking
at a data source that I do not know about....?

I have tried
.. Closing the document and reopening it.
.. Copying and pasting the graph into a new document
.. Restarting the computer to clear any Cached
information and the clipboard
.. Copying and pasting the graph, then deleting the
originalz>>

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I hope this helps you,

Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

The Office 2003 System parts explained
http://microsoft.com/uk/office/preview/system.asp

 

[simon]

Thanks Bob, but it didnt help.

the graphs are not all in the one document.

I deleted all the temp files and tried saving as an RTF.

Any other suggestions?