Microsoft KB Archive/285410

= PPT: Unable to Animate Chart Elements of a Linked Excel Chart =

Article ID: 285410

Article Last Modified on 1/29/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003
 * Microsoft PowerPoint 2002 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q285410



SYMPTOMS
The Chart Animation tab is missing when you try to animate chart elements. For example, you click Effect Options on the shortcut menu of an animation effect added to a chart, but the Chart Animation tab does not appear in the Effect dialog box that opens.



CAUSE
This behavior can occur when the chart in your presentation has been pasted as a link to an Excel chart.

Chart animation does not support the animation of chart elements when a chart is pasted as a link. For this reason, the Chart Animation tab does not appear.



WORKAROUND
To work around this behavior, do not click Paste link in the Paste Special dialog box when you are pasting an Excel chart into the presentation.

