Re: How do I get Graph to be "within" Word?

From: John McGhie [MVP - Word] (john_at_mcghie.name)
Date: 03/15/04 

Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2004 20:11:23 +1100

Hi Jeff:

As well as making sure Graph (it's a separate program) has enough memory to
breath, take care with your editing and placement.

Graphs are very complex objects: place each one on a paragraph of its own
with no text adjacent to it. Make sure there is at least one paragraph
between the paragraph holding the graph and a table or other complex
structure such as a picture. Do NOT use tracked changes in such a document
unless you take great care not to make any changes within one character of
the graph. EndNote's Cite While You Write is almost guaranteed death.

Usual house-keeping stuff. Documents containing graphs are by nature
complex: treat them gently and they will work, hack and chop at the document
and it will soon go bang.

Hope this helps

This responds to article <46b1eeb4.0403131528.6dfea6@posting.google.com>,
from "Jeff Potter" <JeffOYB@hotmail.com> on 14/3/04 10:28 AM:

> Thanks, Beth!
>
> I did exactly as you said and NOW I CAN EDIT GRAPHS! : ) YAY!
>
> But...I do right now seem to have a funny glitch showing up. I edit a
> graph, place it, work on other graphs, but then when I go back to edit
> a graph again I suddenly get the "Word can't edit this graph" error
> message. On one graph I got this error then went to another graph and
> was able to edit it and went back to the error graph and could edit it
> as well but then on a 4th visit couldn't edit again. Very very weird.
> I don't think I've changed a thing but ya never know! I'll start
> fiddling all over again on all this jive. Maybe my RAM is getting low.
> I'll close all unneeded progs. etc etc etc and hope it starts behaving
> again. Or else make sure that I only edit each item once! ...If that's
> all I'm going to get! We'll see if my backups open up once anyway. You
> know how these programs can get SO SMART that they start doing the
> most amazing things. Who knows what will happen next. Not me! : )
>
> --JP 

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