Office 2003 Excel to Word problem

[Hix3r]

Hello there!

I have an annoying problem. I started to make charts half a year ago, but I encountered a severe problem after I started copying them into Word 2003. The formatting changed. And because of this the chart is ruined, I can't see a thing on them and the smooth dotted lines become strange double lines. Anyway I looked for a solution and found a temporary replacement. If I hold down Shift and then click on the Edit menu, the option Copy changes to Save image... and then I click on that, change the options popping up to "As on screen" and "Bitmap file" then Paste it into Word, it places an image of that chart, and the formatting stays the same.

No other option, trick whatever worked and believe me I have tried. But the problem with this bitmap solution that it loses its vector graphic preferences. So its looking crap basically.

The strange thing is that the first 3-4 charts that I made were copied into Word 2003 without a single problem. No trick was necessary! You probably think that I changed something then, or updated but no. Automatic Updates on my computer is disabled even in Services, along with Security Center. This week I updated to Office 2003 SP3, but the problem is still there. I don't really know what to do now, but it is really annoying to lose your great charts over a compatibility error like this. If I print the documents it is clearly visible, and it's not pretty.

I will link some pictures to better understand. Please help me if you can.

This is what it looks like in Excel 2003:

This is what it looks like in Word 2003 if I simply Copy it:

This is what it looks like in Word 2003 after I simply Copied it and Zoomed in(strange double lines):

This is what it looks like if I use the trick and Copy it like a Bitmap file(looking crappy):

[NukedWhale]

Did you try pasting the charts as excel objects?

[Hix3r]

Did you try pasting the charts as excel objects?

Yeah of course I tried. I tried copying it in every kind of way, exhausting every option of copying between Microsoft Office products. After I tried every way of copying, I begin searching the net for other copy methods, and found the Shift trick to copy it as a bitmap image.

Look this is the problem, every method of copying except copying with loss in an image format, produces the same outcome. The one that looks bad. Every way. Even if I Shift+click on the Copy option and select As on screen and Picture (metafile), it stays the same... And I can't figure out why.

Probably something in Word 2003 causes this because the main problem is with dotted lines and then something about vector graphics (they look less smooth). But I haven't found any kind of option in Word that would say "Turn this on if you want full vector graphics and dotted lines." Unfortunately.

Edited March 5, 2008 by Hix3r