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- From: medlin@srcvax.cem.msu.edu (Stephen Medlin)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
- Subject: Re: WFW+Excel Bug
- Message-ID: <00966F12.900C0640@srcvax.cem.msu.edu>
- Date: 21 Jan 93 17:46:42 GMT
- Reply-To: medlin@srcvax.cem.msu.edu (Stephen Medlin)
- Organization: MSU_Chemistry
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- In article <1993Jan20.095843.5681@sunvax.sun.ac.za>, pan@sunvax.sun.ac.za writes:
- >In article <00966D7E.EEEE4D20@srcvax.cem.msu.edu>, medlin@srcvax.cem.msu.edu (Stephen Medlin) writes:
- >> Well, I found an interesting Bug/Feature (???) when importing a chart
- >> from Excel 4.0 into WFW 2.0. I copied a chart from Excel via the
- >> Clipboard and used a regular Paste (i.e., not Paste Special). I
- >> sized/positioned the chart to my liking w/in WFW (I also placed a fram
- >> around the chart--but that did not seem related to the following
- >> problem). I then printed out the page with the chart and BOOM...the
- >> chart had shifted itself on the page (e.g., the margin had changed),
- >> and the size had expanded from 6 inches wide to 9.4 inches (or
- >> whatever the original size of the chart when pasted into WFW). I
- >> tried re-pasting the charts, choosing different printer drivers, etc.
- >> and I continued getting the same problem. The problem/solution that I
- >> discovered is that the new conversion module for WFW is "too smart"
- >> and recognized that the image being copied into WFW was from Excel and
- >> automatically did a Paste Special Excel Chart. I then went back and
- >> did a Paste Special Picture and the problem went away. Of course, I
- >
- >When selecting Paste Special in MSWord the default button is "Paste Link".
- >Do not use that button, use the "Paste" button. It is only when you have used
- >the "Paste Link" button that Excel and WFW would exchange information about
- >excel object pasted in WFW documents.
- >
- >Abrie Nel
-
- Abrie,
- I didn't use the Paste Link command. I used a simple Paste (via
- Cntrl Insert) command and WFW forced the Paste Special instead of the
- simple Paste command. Also, the problem was not the link but that it
- was pasted as an Excel object. Still, thanks for the response.
-
- ********* Stephen Medlin *********
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