Powerpoint automatically resizes when pasting a second Excel chart onto a page

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paulkaye - 11 Mar 2008 08:50 GMT

This seems like something included intentionally but I can't really
see its benefit! If I copy and paste an Excel chart into Powerpoint,
everything is fine. However, if I paste a second chart into the same
page, both are instantly resized. Any idea how I can prevent this
happening?

Thanks!

Paul

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paulkaye - 11 Mar 2008 08:51 GMT

> This seems like something included intentionally but I can't really
> see its benefit! If I copy and paste an Excel chart into Powerpoint,
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> Paul

(Powerpoint 2003, by the way)

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John Wilson - 11 Mar 2008 09:13 GMT

Hi Paul

It is intentional (but annoying) You can turn it off in Tools >AutoCorrect
Options, untick "Automatic Layout for inserted objects" in the "AutoFormat as
you type" tab

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> > This seems like something included intentionally but I can't really
> > see its benefit! If I copy and paste an Excel chart into Powerpoint,
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> (Powerpoint 2003, by the way)

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paulkaye - 11 Mar 2008 11:45 GMT

On Mar 11, 10:13 am, John Wilson <john AT technologytrish.co DOT uk>
wrote:

> Hi Paul
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> > (Powerpoint 2003, by the way)

That's great - thanks! Is it my imagination or has that also turned
off the annoying feature that tries to put a box around drawing
objects?

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