I am having problems with the character spacing when importing a chart from
excel to powerpoint. I read the suggestion of going to the wordart toolbar
and turning the "kerning" off but the wordart toolbar is greyed out and I
cannot use it.

Any suggestions?

What version of PowerPoint are you using?


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"Sandra" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:4E1CC3C6-E832-446E-BEA6-(E-Mail Removed)...
>I am having problems with the character spacing when importing a chart from
> excel to powerpoint. I read the suggestion of going to the wordart
> toolbar
> and turning the "kerning" off but the wordart toolbar is greyed out and I
> cannot use it.
>
> Any suggestions?

It is Powerpoint 2003

"Bill Dilworth" wrote:

> What version of PowerPoint are you using?
>
>
> --
> Bill Dilworth
> A proud member of the Microsoft PPT MVP Team
> Users helping fellow users.
> http://billdilworth.mvps.org
> -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_
> vestprog2@ Please read the PowerPoint FAQ pages.
> yahoo. They answer most of our questions.
> com www.pptfaq.com
> ..
>
> "Sandra" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:4E1CC3C6-E832-446E-BEA6-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >I am having problems with the character spacing when importing a chart from
> > excel to powerpoint. I read the suggestion of going to the wordart
> > toolbar
> > and turning the "kerning" off but the wordart toolbar is greyed out and I
> > cannot use it.
> >
> > Any suggestions?
>
>
>

In PowerPoint 2003, if you want to adjust the character spacing, you will
need to ungroup the chart (until it will not ungroup anymore).

Then you will need to convert each of the labels to WordArt. Then repeat
the conversion for each of labels.

This is not a fast or easy process and the chart will no longer link to the
data (no updates).

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Bill Dilworth
A proud member of the Microsoft PPT MVP Team
Users helping fellow users.
http://billdilworth.mvps.org
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vestprog2@ Please read the PowerPoint FAQ pages.
yahoo. They answer most of our questions.
com www.pptfaq.com
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"Sandra" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> It is Powerpoint 2003
>
> "Bill Dilworth" wrote:
>
>> What version of PowerPoint are you using?
>>
>>
>> --
>> Bill Dilworth
>> A proud member of the Microsoft PPT MVP Team
>> Users helping fellow users.
>> http://billdilworth.mvps.org
>> -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_
>> vestprog2@ Please read the PowerPoint FAQ pages.
>> yahoo. They answer most of our questions.
>> com www.pptfaq.com
>> ..
>>
>> "Sandra" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:4E1CC3C6-E832-446E-BEA6-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> >I am having problems with the character spacing when importing a chart
>> >from
>> > excel to powerpoint. I read the suggestion of going to the wordart
>> > toolbar
>> > and turning the "kerning" off but the wordart toolbar is greyed out and
>> > I
>> > cannot use it.
>> >
>> > Any suggestions?
>>
>>
>>

In article <4E1CC3C6-E832-446E-BEA6-(E-Mail Removed)>, Sandra wrote:
> I am having problems with the character spacing when importing a chart from
> excel to powerpoint. I read the suggestion of going to the wordart toolbar
> and turning the "kerning" off but the wordart toolbar is greyed out and I
> cannot use it.

Perhaps it's a slightly different problem. I find that when I copy/paste stuff
from Excel to PPT and resize it in PPT, the text doesn't increase/decrease size
smoothly. Instead it stays the same size then JUMPS a couple points at a time.
Odd. The spacing scales smoothly but the text doesn't, with the result that
the spacing goes ... pardon the technotalk ... wonko and bad ugly.

I find that if I select the content in Excel then Edit, Paste Special, Link
into PPT, the charts scale more smoothly.

Give that a shot.

-----------------------------------------
Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com
PPTools: www.pptools.com
================================================

Steve,

I really need to get used to you having this weird display name in the
public groups

Patrick

"(E-Mail Removed)" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed):

> In article <4E1CC3C6-E832-446E-BEA6-(E-Mail Removed)>, Sandra wrote:
> > I am having problems with the character spacing when importing a chart from
> > excel to powerpoint. I read the suggestion of going to the wordart toolbar
> > and turning the "kerning" off but the wordart toolbar is greyed out and I
> > cannot use it.
>
> Perhaps it's a slightly different problem. I find that when I copy/paste stuff
> from Excel to PPT and resize it in PPT, the text doesn't increase/decrease size
> smoothly. Instead it stays the same size then JUMPS a couple points at a time.
> Odd. The spacing scales smoothly but the text doesn't, with the result that
> the spacing goes ... pardon the technotalk ... wonko and bad ugly.
>
> I find that if I select the content in Excel then Edit, Paste Special, Link
> into PPT, the charts scale more smoothly.
>
> Give that a shot.
>
> -----------------------------------------
> Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
> PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com
> PPTools: www.pptools.com
> ================================================

In article <#(E-Mail Removed)>, Patrick Schmid wrote:
> Steve,
>
> I really need to get used to you having this weird display name in the
> public groups
>

What??? You mean my prose style doesn't give me away? ;-)

-----------------------------------------
Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com
PPTools: www.pptools.com
================================================

LOL. Well..the "(E-Mail Removed)" is rather odd to see as your
display name when you have seen "Steve Rindsberg" for months...

Patrick

"(E-Mail Removed)" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed):

> In article <#(E-Mail Removed)>, Patrick Schmid wrote:
> > Steve,
> >
> > I really need to get used to you having this weird display name in the
> > public groups
> >
>
> What??? You mean my prose style doesn't give me away? ;-)
>
> -----------------------------------------
> Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
> PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com
> PPTools: www.pptools.com
> ================================================

In article <(E-Mail Removed)>, Patrick Schmid wrote:
> LOL. Well..the "(E-Mail Removed)" is rather odd to see as your
> display name when you have seen "Steve Rindsberg" for months...

A bug in NewsHound, perhaps? I supplied both a display name (Steve Rindsberg)
and a spam-resistant email address ((E-Mail Removed))

Here (using Virtual Access) I see the display name rather than the email
address.

I wonder which (email or name) people more commonly see?

> LOL. Well..the "(E-Mail Removed)" is rather odd to see as your

> display name when you have seen "Steve Rindsberg" for months...
>
> Patrick
>
> "(E-Mail Removed)" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed):
>
> > In article <#(E-Mail Removed)>, Patrick Schmid wrote:
> > > Steve,
> > >
> > > I really need to get used to you having this weird display name in the
> > > public groups
> > >
> >
> > What??? You mean my prose style doesn't give me away? ;-)
> >
> > -----------------------------------------
> > Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
> > PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com
> > PPTools: www.pptools.com
> > ================================================
>
hh


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Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com
PPTools: www.pptools.com
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