Microsoft KB Archive/68464

Embedding from Excel 3.00 Will Shut Down Preexisting Session PSS ID Number: Q68464 Article last modified on 10-29-1991 PSS database name: W_PowerPt

2.00

WINDOWS

Summary:

If you are running Microsoft Excel 3.00 when you choose Insert from the PowerPoint for Windows File menu and select ExcelChart or ExcelWorksheet, it will generate the already-running Excel session instead of an additional instance of the program. If you already have some open Excel documents, these will be displayed along with the blank chart or worksheet document that will eventually be embedded into PowerPoint.

After you are done editing the document to be embedded, if you choose the Update command from the File menu in Excel, it will embed the document into PowerPoint and close Excel, as well. If you have already saved all changes to the open Excel documents, you will get no warning dialog.

To prevent this from happening, you should close the document that is going to be embedded by choosing either the Close command from the File menu in Excel, or the Close command from the document’s control menu. This will embed the document into the PowerPoint presentation without closing the Excel session.

Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1991.