Article ID: 160099
Article Last Modified on 9/7/2001
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Excel 97 Standard Edition
- Microsoft PowerPoint 97 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q160099
SYMPTOMS
When you print an embedded Microsoft Excel 97 chart from a PowerPoint presentation, nothing may be printed on the page.
CAUSE
This behavior may occur when all of the following conditions are true:
- In Microsoft PowerPoint, you click Options on the Tools menu, click the Print tab, and clear the "Print inserted objects at printer resolution" check box. -and-
- You create an embedded Microsoft Excel chart in a PowerPoint presentation. -and-
- You activate the embedded chart.
WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, use the following steps:
- If the embedded Microsoft Excel chart is activated, click the PowerPoint slide that contains the chart to deactivate it.
- On the Tools menu, click Options, click the Print tab, and select the "Print inserted objects at printer resolution" check box.
- Click OK.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.
REFERENCES
For more information about embedding objects, click the Index tab in Microsoft PowerPoint Help, type the following text
embedded objects, charts
and then double-click the selected text to go to the "Add a chart to a presentation" topic.
Additional query words: XL97
Keywords: kbprint kbchart KB160099
