In PPT 2007, how can I keep 2003 format when editing all charts?

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michtrc

All my clients use a lower version of powerpoint. each time i want to edit a
chart, it asks me if i want to convert, convert all or edit existing. is
there a global command i can use to always edit existing, without having to
answer the question on every single chart?
 
Yeah, there's a registry key you can change.

Steve Rindsberg posted this awhile back. Sorry, I can't actually find it at
http://www.pptfaq.com right now, or I'd just give you a link directly to it.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER/SOFTWARE/MICROSOFT/OFFICE/12.0/Common/Charting/MSGraphEnable

If you add this key (DWORD) and set it to 1, the following happens:

PowerPoint won't prompt the to convert existing MSGraph charts when you
double-click them. It simply treats it as earlier PPT versions normally
treat
MSGraph charts.

When you insert a new chart or click the chart icon in a content
placeholder,
PowerPoint inserts an MSGraph chart rather than the new-style Excel ones.

PowerPoint won't convert MSGraph charts if the user opens a legacy
document and
clicks on OfficeButton, Convert.
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