Consider the following scenario:
| • | You apply a design theme to a presentation
in Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007. |
| • | You insert an embedded Microsoft Office Excel chart object into a slide in
the presentation. |
| • | You save the presentation in the
PowerPoint 97-2003 Presentation (*.ppt) format. |
In this scenario, when you open the presentation in Microsoft
Office PowerPoint 2003 and then edit the chart, the theme information that is
applied to the chart is lost. Instead,
the
default Microsoft Office color theme is applied to the embedded Excel chart object.
Additionally, the text
in
the chart changes,
and the chart shrinks.
Note This problem also occurs if you create a .doc file by using
Microsoft Office Word 2007. Then, when
you edit the chart object in Microsoft Office Word
2003,
you experience these symptoms.
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This problem occurs because
PowerPoint 2007 cannot pass the theme information
to the embedded Excel object
when you save the presentation in the
PowerPoint 97-2003 Presentation (*.ppt) format.
When you edit the chart in PowerPoint 2003, Excel has no connection to the theme information that is applied in the presentation. Therefore,
the theme information for the chart is lost. Additionally, the default Office color theme
for the chart is applied.
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To work around this problem, use one of the following
methods:
| • | Do not edit the chart in PowerPoint 2003. |
| • | If you edit the chart in PowerPoint 2003, remove the chart. Then, use PowerPoint 2007 to reinsert the chart. |
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Microsoft
has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed
in the "Applies to" section.
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