Q157638: WD97: Excel 97 Chart Object Becomes Picture Converting to Word 7

Article: Q157638
Product(s): Word 97 for Windows
Version(s): WINDOWS:97
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbinterop kbole kbdta word97
Last Modified: 14-NOV-2000

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Word 97 for Windows 
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SYMPTOMS
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In Word 7.0, when you open a Word 97 document that contains a Microsoft Excel
chart object, and you double-click the Excel chart object, the Word Picture
Editor is opened instead of Excel.

WORKAROUND
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To open a Word 97 document containing an Excel chart object in Word 7.0, and to
be able to double-click the Excel chart object to open Excel, install the
Microsoft Word 97-2000 Import Converter. For additional information, please see
the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  

  Q162214 WD: How to Obtain the Word 97-2000 Import Converter

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

Additional query words: 8.0 word97

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Keywords          : kbinterop kbole kbdta word97 
Technology        : kbWordSearch kbWord97 kbWord97Search kbZNotKeyword2
Version           : WINDOWS:97
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbnofix

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