Problem with copying charts in Excel XP

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Piotr

Hi,

I try to copy a graph from Excel anywhere (to
Word or to Powerpoint) and usually it's written: there is not enough
space. save immediately (in Word) or nothing happens in Powerpoint
(only blank object is pasted)
After this when I try to close Excel (which I tried to copy from)it
asks me if I want to save. Choosing no - the program closes with error
message. If I just click ctrl-c on chart and try to close - error
I have 1GB RAM and 3GB virtual memory, so I think this is not this
problem,
I stopped NAV (no NAV plugins signed) and NIS and still the same problem.
I didn't find any worms, adawares, viruses and so on.
I downloaded SP2 for win xp, all updates for Office XP, reinstalled Office
I don't want to reinstall all the system,

Few months ago I had the same problem and it dissapeared by itself.
Now I need this option to finish my work and it stopped. I didn't
notice when.
There is no significant memory using in processes,

Maybe sb met the same problem and can help me,

Piotr
 
Piotr,
Try copying the sheet that the chart is on to a new workbook through
the menu (Edit + Move or Copy sheet + check Copy and to New Workbook).
Then try and copy that single sheet workbook into PowerPoint and see
if that works.

As a note, when you copy an OLE object like a chart it embeds the
entire workbook to PPT or Word, which might be the issue if this is
now a good size workbook.

Brian Reilly, PowerPoint MVP
 
Hi Brian,
I did this way and it didn't work. In PP I have the message that it
couldn't find application server.
But I observed one thing. In Excel it's enough just to click copy on
chart. After this action when I want to close Excel - error message.
Second thing: if I copy with shift and try to paste as image than
nothing happens or only blank shape is pasted.
I installed today all updates from Microsoft for Office XP, no
results.
Maybe you have any another idea?
Piotr
 
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