Microsoft KB Archive/58464

Insert Graph Command Not Available from PowerPoint File Menu PSS ID Number: Q58464 Article last modified on 09-25-1991 PSS database name: W_PowerPt

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WINDOWS

Summary:

If the Insert Graph command is not available from the PowerPoint File menu then the [Embedding] section is missing from the WIN.INI. Adding the embedding section, saving the changes to your WIN.INI, and then restarting Windows and then PowerPoint will make the Insert Graph command available.

More Information:

The embedding section in the WIN.INI file for Graph is as follows:

[Embedding] Graph=Business Graphs from PowerPoint Graph, Graph, PPtGraph.exe, picture

Where the format is as follows:

=,,

More Information:

PowerPoint embedding is implemented on top of the existing DDE protocol by defining standard WM_DDE_EXECUTE commands and WM_DDE_DATA items. An embedded document contains a public graphical representation that can be rendered by a wide variety of host applications, and a private native representation that can only be read and modified by the creating application. PowerPoint stores the entire embedded document, but can transfer the embedded document back to the creating application for revisions. For example, selecting a graph imported into PowerPoint from Graph, then double-clicking on the object (or choosing the Edit Graph command from the PowerPoint Edit menu) initiates a DDE conversation with Graph acting as the server and PowerPoint as the client.

Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1991.