Organization Chart Server application

[PBiles]

Using PowerPoint 2003, when I try to edit an existing ort chart, I get the error message " Microsoft Organization Chart Server application cannot be found. I can't find anything in technet or anywhere else about this. What is it, and how can I get around this error? Thanks to any advise.....

 

[Echo S]

Using PowerPoint 2003, when I try to edit an existing ort chart, I get the
error message " Microsoft Organization Chart Server application cannot be
found. I can't find anything in technet or anywhere else about this. What
is it, and how can I get around this error? Thanks to any advise.....

I suspect that this chart was created in a previous version of PPT. Since
PPT 2003 uses a different diagramming tool, and since Office 2003
installation doesn't include the old Org Chart application, PPT has no way
to open the file.

You'll need to ungroup the organization chart itself or install the old
version of Org Chart from Office 2000 or 97 installation CDs.

 

[John Langhans [MSFT]]

[CRITICAL UPDATE - Anyone using Office 2003 should install the critical
update as soon as possible. From PowerPoint, choose "Help -> Check for
Updates".]

Hello,

The MS Organization Chart 2.0 (MSOC2) application is no longer provided
with Office products (beginning with Microsoft Office System 2002) and, if
upgrading from a previous version which included MSOC2, it is removed from
the system because it is "discontinued" technology. Because of this, if you
try to edit an MSOC2 object in Office 2003 you will receive the generic
error that occurs whenever you try to edit/open an OLE object for which no
server application is available. In Office 2002 we attempted to convert
MSOC2 charts to the new Office Diagramming feature for organization charts
but, because of differences in capabilities there were some MSOC2 chart
styles which did not convert well so this conversion is no longer attempted
in Office 2003.

If, in the short term, you are running PowerPoint/Office 2003 and still
need to edit organization charts created using the old MSOC2 tool, you can
download the tool from Microsoft Office Online:

http://download.microsoft.com/download/D/0/9/D09F6E71-D39C-41DF-8DCF-89F6552
66CEE/msoc2.exe

In the long term, you should begin to recreate your charts in either the
new diagramming feature of Microsoft Office System 2003 or, for more
complex charts, look at using the great Organization Chart features
available in Microsoft Visio 2003.

If you (or anyone else reading this message) feel strongly about any
specific enhancement requests for creating organization diagrams in
PowerPoint/Office, don't forget to send your feedback 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
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John Langhans
Microsoft Corporation
Supportability Program Manager
Microsoft Office PowerPoint for Windows
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