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Leflippe - 14 Aug 2006 16:25 GMT

When I add a textbox in Excel on top of a graph (for a title frame), then
group the graph and the textbox, and paste it into Powerpoint, the text box
and the graph are pasted in different sizes. thus do not correspond
anymore...

In order to avoid time-consuming adjustment of that problem, is there a way
to fix both sizes when I paste from Excel to Powerpoint?

thank you!

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Echo S - 14 Aug 2006 17:51 GMT

Does the chart need to be editable? If not, you might try Edit|Paste Special
and choose one of the image types. I especially like EMF and WMF for charts.

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> When I add a textbox in Excel on top of a graph (for a title frame), then
> group the graph and the textbox, and paste it into Powerpoint, the text
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> thank you!

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Brian Reilly, MVP - 15 Aug 2006 14:47 GMT

This is because you are creating the textbox outside of the chartarea
and dragging it into the chartarea. Try this:
1. Create the chart and then click the textbox icon and click inside
the chart area and type in your text.
2. Copy and paste into PPT. Better?

Brian Reilly, MVP

>When I add a textbox in Excel on top of a graph (for a title frame), then
>group the graph and the textbox, and paste it into Powerpoint, the text box
[quoted text clipped - 5 lines]
>
>thank you!

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