PPT97: Excel Chart Does Not Refresh Properly After Update

When you update a link to a Microsoft Excel chart, the chart may not be redrawn completely.

This problem occurs if the following circumstances are true:

• You have pasted an Excel chart into a Microsoft PowerPoint slide by using the Paste Link option.
  
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• You specify that the link to the Excel chart will be updated manually.
  
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• The Excel chart is not completely visible in the visible area of the Excel worksheet.
  
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• The chart is selected on the Excel worksheet.
  
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• You update the link.

To correct this problem, obtain Microsoft Office 97 Service Release 2 (SR-2).

For additional information about SR-2, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: To temporarily work around the problem, select a cell on the Excel worksheet before you update the link to the chart.

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the products listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was corrected in Microsoft Office 97 Service Release 2 (SR-2).