User defined Graphics in PowerPoint Graphics module

[Doris Edwards]

Hello,

I have defined specific graphics models for some .pot templates I have
developped. This works fine but when copying the templates on other
machines, the user-defined graphics files do not come with them. I first
thought that the the pwrpnt9.dot file in \operating system\ShellNew actually
carries the user-defined graphics but that does not seem to be the case.

Does anyone know where user-defined graphics are stored ?

Thanks a lot.
Doris from Geneva, Switzerland

 

[Steve Rindsberg, PPTMVP]

Here's more information about custom graphs.

MS Graph's Custom Chart Types
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00278.htm

There's no way to move these reliably from one system to another; while you
might be able to transfer the file mentioned in the link above, doing so
will destroy any custom graphs the user has created.

As a workaround, consider: Create sample slides, one with each of your
custom graphs. Teach the users to duplicate these then modify them as
needed, or just copy/paste the graph sample they want to use.

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[Ute Simon]

Doris,

which version of PowerPoint are you using, which version is installed on the
other machine? Please make sure that it's not due to compatibility problems.

Another possibility: If you designed special diagram colors etc. using
Custom Templates for your charts - these are stored in a file called
GRUSRGAL.GRA, which is created by MS Graph and stored on the computer the
file was created on. This is usually no problem with PPT-files, as the color
settings travel with the diagram, but can be a problem with POT-templates.
You can send this file together with your template and give the user
instructions where to install it, but if he already had created his own
templates, they will be deleted, because you can only have one version of
this file. (If he never used Custom Templates before, he will not have this
file at all and thus face no problems.)

It's a bit tricky - I encountered those problems myself - but it should be
possible to solve this problem.

Kind regard,
Ute
(from Frankfurt, Germany - I don't know, which is your mother tongue, but if
you prefer discussing these issues in German, feel free to come to
microsoft.public.de.german.powerpoint, too)