Microsoft KB Archive/157770

= XL97: Error When Dragging Embedded Chart into Microsoft Word =

Article ID: 157770

Article Last Modified on 1/19/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 97 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q157770





SYMPTOMS
In Microsoft Excel 97, if you drag an embedded chart to a Microsoft Word 97 document, you may receive the following error message:

Microsoft Map

An error has occurred while retrieving data from Microsoft Excel.

When you click OK, you may also receive the following error message:

WINWORD caused an invalid page fault in module GDI32.DLL at

014f:bff3501d.

and Microsoft Word 97 stops responding.



CAUSE
This error may occur if the following conditions are true:
 * You are dragging an embedded chart from a Microsoft Excel 97 worksheet to a Microsoft Word 97 document. -and-


 * The Microsoft Excel 97 worksheet also contains an embedded Microsoft Map.



WORKAROUND
If this problem occurs, use the following steps to copy your chart from Microsoft Excel into Microsoft Word:
 * 1) In Microsoft Excel, select the chart.
 * 2) On the Edit menu, click Copy.
 * 3) Activate Microsoft Word, and select the location in your document where you want to paste the chart.
 * 4) On the Edit menu, click Paste.

The chart pastes correctly into Microsoft Word.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.



MORE INFORMATION
Microsoft Office programs, such as Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Word, support drag-and-drop functionality between programs. For instance, you can select a range of cells in a Microsoft Excel worksheet and drag the range to a Microsoft Word document. When you release the mouse button, the dragged object appears in the document.

Under normal circumstances, if you drag a chart embedded in a Microsoft Excel worksheet to a Microsoft Word document, a copy of the chart will appear in the Microsoft Word document. However, this will not work if the Microsoft Excel worksheet contains an embedded Microsoft Map.

Additional query words: XL97 8.00 word8 word97 winword crash crashes

Keywords: kbchart kbinterop kbprb KB157770

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