Microsoft KB Archive/142379

PPT4: Can’t Edit Macintosh Graph 3.0 Objects

PSS ID Number: Q142379 Article last modified on 05-16-1998

windows:4.0,4.0a,4.0c; macintosh:3.0,3.0a,3.0b,4.0

MACINTOSH WINDOWS

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The information in this article applies to:

 Microsoft PowerPoint for the Macintosh, versions 3.0, 3.0a, 3.0b, 4.0 == Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows, versions 4.0, 4.0a, 4.0c == 

= SYMPTOMS =

If you open a PowerPoint for the Macintosh presentation that contains a Graph 3.0 object in PowerPoint for Windows, version 4.0, you will not be able to edit that object. If you try, you will get an error similar to:

The server application or source file cannot be found. Make sure that it has not been deleted, moved or renamed.

If you try to convert a Graph 3.0 object in a translated PowerPoint 3.0 for the Macintosh presentation to a Graph 5.0 object, PowerPoint 4.0 for Windows will stop responding (hang).

= RESOLUTION =

Open the PowerPoint 3.0 for the Macintosh presentation in PowerPoint 4.0 for the Macintosh. Convert the Graph 3.0 objects to Graph 5.0. Now you can move the file to PowerPoint for Windows and have editable Graph objects.

= MORE INFORMATION =

If you open a PowerPoint 3.0 for Windows file that contains a Graph 3.0 object in PowerPoint 4.0 for the Macintosh, you can edit the Graph 3.0 object as a Graph 3.0 object.

Additional query words: 4.00 4.00a 4.00c 3.00 3.00a 3.00b winppt macppt winmacppt m_powerpt macsys powerpnt w_powerpt ====================================================================== Keywords : kbinterop kbole Version : windows:4.0,4.0a,4.0c; macintosh:3.0,3.0a,3.0b,4.0 Platform : MACINTOSH WINDOWS Hardware : MAC x86 Issue type : kbprb ============================================================================= Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1998.