Re: Red X

Hi Glen,

On the "Bad" PC, You get the popup "This is an imported picture, not a
group. Do you want to convert it to a Microsoft Office drawing object?". If I
say "Yes", it does nothing.

If I do exactly the same thing on a different PC, it converts the EMF into
shapes, so it really is something to do with this particular "Bad" PC, and
nothing to do with the file itself...

"Glen Millar" wrote:

Hi,

If they are emf, what happens if you ungroup one?

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Regards,

Glen Millar
Microsoft PPT MVP

Tutorials and PowerPoint animations at
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glen at pptworkbench dot com

Please tell us your PowerPoint / Windows version,
whether you are using vba, whether
your cows are in the corn paddock, or
anything else relevant.

"Chris J" <ChrisJ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Glen,

I can probably create a single foil & send it - should I send it to the
email address in your profile ?

Since the red X appeared long after I created these files, and since these
files still look fine on a different PC, I'm pretty sure it's nothing to
do
with the file, but is a problem with this particular PC... I notice that
it's
ONLY EMF objects, usually from Excel, because embedded JPGs still display
fine.

Thanks

"Glen Millar" wrote:

Chris,

This is a pain.

RED X instead of graphics
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00064.htm


Apart from that, my theory is that you keep different versions and if a
red
x appears, do not save it. My thinking is that saving will hard wire the
problem in. Any chance of emailing an example?

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Regards,

Glen Millar
Microsoft PPT MVP

Tutorials and PowerPoint animations at
www.pptworkbench.com

glen at pptworkbench dot com

Please tell us your PowerPoint / Windows version,
whether you are using vba, whether
your cows are in the corn paddock, or
anything else relevant.

"Chris J" <ChrisJ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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All my pasted Excel charts are suddenly no longer visible in
PowerPoint,
instead I get that nasty red cross. I always copy the chart to the
Clipboard
in Excel, then use Paste Special, Picture (Enhanced Metafile) in
PowerPoint,
which has worked for years just fine.

I'm running Office2003 Pro on Office XP Pro and have all the service
packs
and updates for both. I have 1GB of RAM, so it's not a simple memory
issue.

When I now try to copy a different chart from Excel, on the Clipboard
it
shows the green Excel icon but instead of the normal tiny picture of
the
chart it says "Preview not available". When I then try to paste this
chart
into PowerPoint either as a picture or as a Microsoft Excel Chart
Object,
I
just get a blank rectangle.

When I open the first PowerPoint on a different PC, it displays the
charts
perfectly, so it's definately something to do with this PC.

Can anyone help ?

Thanks & Regards







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