WD97: Excel 97 Chart Object Becomes Picture Converting to Word 7.0 (157638)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Word 97 for Windows
This article was previously published under Q157638 SYMPTOMS
In Word 7.0, when you open a Word 97 document that contains a Microsoft
Excel chart object, and you double-click the Excel chart object, the Word
Picture Editor is opened instead of Excel.
WORKAROUND
To open a Word 97 document containing an Excel chart object in Word 7.0,
and to be able to double-click the Excel chart object to open Excel,
install the Microsoft Word 97-2000 Import Converter. For additional
information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge
Base:
162214 WD: How to Obtain the Word 97-2000 Import Converter
STATUSMicrosoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.
| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 11/14/2000 |
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| Keywords: | kbbug kbinterop KB157638 |
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