You cannot insert OrgChart 2.0 files (.OPX) in PowerPoint 2002 (284836)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft PowerPoint 2002
This article was previously published under Q284836

SYMPTOMS

If you create stand-alone Organization Chart 2.0 (*.opx) files in earlier versions of Microsoft Office, you cannot insert these Organization Chart files into Microsoft PowerPoint 2002.

In earlier versions of Microsoft Office, you can insert an organization chart into PowerPoint, and save an organization chart as a stand-alone OPX file. However in Microsoft Office XP, you cannot open any OPX files created by Microsoft Organization Chart 2.0, or insert them as objects.

However, if you open a presentation that was created in an earlier version of PowerPoint, and that presentation contains embedded Organization Chart objects, these objects remain in the presentation. You can update them to the new version of Organization Chart, by double-clicking them for editing.

CAUSE

Microsoft Office XP includes a new version of Organization Chart, which is built into PowerPoint 2002, and not a separate applet like Organization Chart 2.0.

The new version of Organization Chart can convert embedded charts that are contained within documents or presentations, but it cannot open or import stand-alone .opx files that are created in earlier versions of Organization Chart.

WORKAROUND

If you have access to Microsoft PowerPoint 2000 or Microsoft PowerPoint 97, you can use the following method to embed and update organization charts:
  1. Open PowerPoint 97 or PowerPoint 2000.
  2. Create a blank presentation, and select either the Blank layout or the Organization Chart layout.
  3. On the Insert menu, click Object.
  4. Click Create from file.
  5. Click Browse. Navigate to the .opx file that you want to convert. Click to select the file, and then click OK. Click OK again to insert the file into the presentation.
  6. Save the presentation.
  7. Open the presentation in PowerPoint 2002, and double-click the organization chart to convert it to the new version format.
NOTE: The formatting of the organization chart may change when it is converted to the new version format. You must reset the formatting manually.
Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:9/8/2004
Keywords:kbchart kbtshoot kbprb KB284836
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