WD97: Excel 97 Chart Object Becomes Picture Converting to Word 7.0

ID: Q157638

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word 97 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

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

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

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

Additional query words: 8.0 word97

Keywords : kbinterop kbole kbdta word97
Version : WINDOWS:97
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug