Microsoft KB Archive/293213

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OFFXP: Organization Chart Layouts May Be Distorted When Converted in Office XP

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Q293213

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Access 2002
 * Microsoft Excel 2002
 * Microsoft FrontPage 2002
 * Microsoft PowerPoint 2002
 * Microsoft Publisher 2002
 * Microsoft Word 2002

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IMPORTANT: This article contains information about editing the registry. Before you edit the registry, make sure you understand how to restore it if a problem occurs. For information about how to do this, view the &quot;Restoring the Registry&quot; Help topic in Regedit.exe or the &quot;Restoring a Registry Key&quot; Help topic in Regedt32.exe.

SYMPTOMS
The following symptoms may occur when you open a file that contains an organization chart that was created by an Office 2000 program, and you then convert the chart to one of the Office XP programs listed at the beginning of this article. The layout of the nodes in the organization chart may be distorted.


 * The nodes may be spread too wide to be viewed on a slide.
 * The nodes may overlap in the center.

The symptoms you see depend on the complexity and layout of the original chart.

CAUSE
The Office XP Organization Chart tool does not support all of the groupings and formatting used by the Microsoft Organization Chart 2.0 program in Office 2000. The automatic formatting and layout features of the Office XP Organization Chart tool are designed for creating and delivering simple charts for on-screen viewing.

WORKAROUND
WARNING: Using Registry Editor incorrectly can cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that problems resulting from the incorrect use of Registry Editor can be solved. Use Registry Editor at your own risk.

For information about how to edit the registry, view the &quot;Changing Keys and Values&quot; Help topic in Registry Editor (Regedit.exe) or the &quot;Add and Delete Information in the Registry&quot; and &quot;Edit Registry Data&quot; Help topics in Regedt32.exe. Note that you should back up the registry before you edit it. If you are running Windows NT or Windows 2000, you should also update your Emergency Repair Disk (ERD).

You can turn off the automatic conversion of Organization Chart 2.0 objects by adding the following key and value to the registry:

"[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Office\10.0\Common\OrgChart] DoNotAllowConversion : 1" This key allows administrators to deploy Office XP so that it does not convert existing MS Organization Chart OLE objects, but instead leaves them as they are. If the key is already present, the default value is &quot;0&quot;, and you must change the value to 1, to prevent Organization Charts from being converted.

After you add or modify this key, you receive the following error message when you attempt to convert an Organization Chart:

The server application, source file, or item can't be found, or returned an unknown error. You may need to reinstall the server application.

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

MORE INFORMATION
If you have both Office 2000 and Office XP installed on the same computer, you can still use Organization Chart 2.0 to create charts for printing, or to create charts that are not compatible with the Organization Chart tool in Office XP. If you do not have Organization Chart 2.0 installed, you can use Microsoft Visio (Standard Edition).

For additional information, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

"Q293206 PPT2002: Token Text in a PowerPoint 2000 Presentation Becomes Normal Text in PowerPoint 2002" Additional query words: PPT WD ACC XL PUB FP

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Issue type : kbbug

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