MS Graph in 2007

[Brian Reilly, MVP]

This should bring a smile to your faces. You all know, well most of
you do that I am not real keen on MS Graph. I understand that you can
still make MS Grump charts in PPT 2007.

Can any of you point me in the right direction of how to do this? Is
it an Install issue? Or something else.

Let's just make it clear though that I don't want to do this, but a
Client of mine who is on Office 2003 in her office runs Office 2007 at
home and wants to be able to make charts at home that she can email to
herself at her office that will open in PPT 2003. I know all about the
color stuff but just need the rude and crude directions to make some
charts in PPT 2007 using MS Grump.

Thanks, Even MVP's don't know everything. I certainly don't.

Brian Reilly, MVP

 

[Echo S]

I think use Insert | Object | Microsoft Graph Chart.

There are probably other ways to insert an MS Graph chart, but this is the
one I'm aware of off the top of my head.

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[Steve Rindsberg]

What Echo said. But MSGraph isn't installed by default with O2007.

If Insert Object doesn't offer Grumpoids as an option, the user'll have to
re-run setup and install it.

If you really want to make it easy on 'em, try this:

//HKEY_CURRENT_USER/SOFTWARE/MICROSOFT/OFFICE/12.0
/Common/Charting/MSGraphEnable

If you add this key (DWORD) and set it to 1, the following happens:

PowerPoint won't prompt the to convert existing MSGraph charts when you
double-click them. It simply treats it as earlier PPT versions normally treat
MSGraph charts.

When you insert a new chart or click the chart icon in a content placeholder,
PowerPoint inserts an MSGraph chart rather than the new-style Excel ones.

PowerPoint won't convert MSGraph charts if the user opens a legacy document and
clicks on OfficeButton, Convert.


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[Brian Reilly, MVP]

Thanks Echo and Steve. I was afraid to look it up on my 2007 machine
since I have an allergic reactioin to Grump.

Brian Reilly, MVP