WD97: How to Programmatically Insert an Excel Chart into Word (176868)

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1. In the Visual Basic Editor, click References on the Tools menu.
2. Under Available References, select the "Microsoft Excel 8.0 Object Library" check box.
3. Click OK.

After creating the reference, create and run the following Visual Basic macro:

     Sub InsertXLChart()
      Dim xlapp As Excel.Workbook
      Documents.Add
      ' Replace "XLfilename" with a complete path and file name
      ' for an Excel worksheet that includes a chart.
      Set xlapp = GetObject("XLfilename")
      ' Activate the first chart in workbook.
      xlapp.ActiveSheet.ChartObjects(1).Activate
      ' Select the chart.
      xlapp.ActiveChart.ChartArea.Select
      ' Copy the chart.
      xlapp.ActiveChart.ChartArea.Copy
      With Selection
         ' The wdPasteOLEObject constant will insert the chart as an
         ' embedded object, and the wdInLine constant will insert the
         ' chart on the Text layer and not the Drawing layer.
         .PasteSpecial Link:=False, DataType:=wdPasteOLEObject, _
            Placement:=wdInLine
      End With
      ' Close the instance of Excel.
      Set xlapp = Nothing
   End Sub
				

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