Excel Charts in PPT 2003 and 2007 not working correctly

[John in Chile]

I have loaded the Office 2007 beta but elected to keep the 2003 versions. I
just noticed that when I open a PPT (created previously with PPT 2003) with
excel charts in PPT 2003 and adjust a number, I lose the scale and get a
meaningless scale such as "-336" repeated for the whole scale. Also numbers
copied from Excel 2003 that are formatted with commas such as "2,023,025" are
only recognised as text.

Sometimes when I try to edit the numbers by doubleclicking on the Chart it
opens PPT 2007 and then I lose the Chart

If I open the PPT presentation in PPT 2007 I start having formatting
problems with the tables.

Has anyone else had similar problems with Excel charts in PPT 2003 or 2007
after installing the beta. I have XP Pro SP2 and have replicated the problem
on a Sony VAIO and a Fujitsu P1510.

 

[Patrick Schmid]

Run Office Diagnostics (Start, All Programs, Microsoft Office, Microsoft
Office Tools) and see if you still have the same problem afterwards.

Patrick Schmid

 

[Echo S]

I've seen the oddity with chart axis labels changing to numbers in Word.
Apparently this has been fixed for Beta 2 Technical Refresh. I imagine it's
the same bug you're seeing.

I'd use the "Send a Smile" option to report it, though, and also to report
the numbers with commas being recognized only as text. You should report the
problems with tables, too. I think we shouldn't have significant formatting
issues when opening older files in the new version.

Do you need a link to the Send a Smile tool?