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WD97: Excel 97 Chart Object Becomes Picture Converting to Word 7.0

Article ID:157638
Last Review:January 19, 2007
Revision:1.1
This article was previously published under Q157638

SYMPTOMS

In Word 7.0, when you open a Word 97 document that contains a Microsoft Excel chart object, and you double-click the Excel chart object, the Word Picture Editor is opened instead of Excel.

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WORKAROUND

To open a Word 97 document containing an Excel chart object in Word 7.0, and to be able to double-click the Excel chart object to open Excel, install the Microsoft Word 97-2000 Import Converter. For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
162214 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/162214/EN-US/) WD: How to Obtain the Word 97-2000 Import Converter

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STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

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APPLIES TO
Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition

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Keywords: 
kbbug kbinterop kbnofix KB157638

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