Coping charts from Excel 2008 and resizingthem in PowerPoint 2008 on a Mac

[Agnieszka]

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: Intel

To whom it may concern,

I have a problem with coping charts from excel to powerpoint. In the previous version I would copy the chart, ungroup it, resize, adjust font size and position the way I wanted it to be in the presentation. Now in 2008 it is impossible.

I tried coping it (cmd+c and then cmd+v). But I cannot resize the chart so that it fits on the slide. There is always sth going missing. My chart has a table as 'category axis label'. When I make the whole chart smaller, the graph gets so smal that almost invisible and the label stays the same. Or part of the label dissappeares. I tried to change the size of the font on the chart, but then size of every single letter gets changed (I want the title, the legend and the axis labels of different size).

I tried to save the graph as a picture (I tried with all available formats), but then the graph is blurry and the slide when projected is not readable to the audience

I tried 'pasting special' (all possibilities), but it doesn't make any change. The quality of the picture is crap. I tried pasting the graph through preview application but it doesn't help.

Is there anything else I can do apart from going back to the previous version of Office.

Regards

Agnieszka

 

[Eric Waldbaum [MSFT]]

Hi Agnieszka,
I am not seeing this issue reproduce with Office 2008 version 12.1.3. Are
you using the latest version? Also, are you copying/pasting from a .xlsx
file to a .pptx file (the newest file formats)? Do you have an example file
you can send me?

Thanks,
Eric
MacOffice Testing
Microsoft

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[Agnieszka]

Hi Eric,

I have got version 12.1.3 (080930).
If give me an email address to which I could send the example files I can send them straight away.

Regards

Agnieszka

 

[David Howe]

We are also seeing this on multiple machines all running 12.1.4 and OS10.5.5. .xlsx to .pptx files.

Hi Agnieszka, I am not seeing this issue reproduce with Office 2008 version
12.1.3. Are you using the latest version? Also, are you copying/pasting
from a .xlsx file to a .pptx file (the newest file formats)? Do you have
an example file you can send me?





Thanks, Eric MacOffice Testing Microsoft





--- wrote in message > Version:
2008 > Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) > Processor: Intel >

To whom it may concern, > > I have a problem with coping charts from

excel to powerpoint. In the > previous version I would copy the chart,
ungroup it, resize, adjust font > size and position the way I wanted it
to be in the presentation. Now in > 2008 it is impossible. > > I tried
coping it (cmd+c and then cmd+v). But I cannot resize the chart so > that
it fits on the slide. There is always sth going missing. My chart has

a table as 'category axis label'. When I make the whole chart smaller,

the > graph gets so smal that almost invisible and the label stays the
same. Or > part of the label dissappeares. I tried to change the size
of the font on > the chart, but then size of every single letter gets
changed (I want the > title, the legend and the axis labels of different
size). > > I tried to save the graph as a picture (I tried with all available

formats), but then the graph is blurry and the slide when projected

is not > readable to the audience > > I tried 'pasting special' (all possibilities),
but it doesn't make any > change. The quality of the picture is crap.
I tried pasting the graph > through preview application but it doesn't
help. > > Is there anything else I can do apart from going back to the
previous > version of Office. > > Regards > > Agnieszka





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[Eric Waldbaum [MSFT]]

Hi Agnieszka/David-
It turns out that this already being investigated by the Excel test team
where there have been copy/paste issues found in certain instances. There's
a thread with workaround information at:
http://www.officeformac.com/ProductForums/Excel/2898. Sorry for any
inconvenience.

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