CONSTANT PPT crashes using Office 2007 & Windows 2007

[R;odrT]

We are running Office 7 and Windows 7.

I am creating PowerPoint slides by copying and pasting Excel charts (from
Excel 2007) into PowerPoint slides (unlinked). The resulting PowerPoint files
are very small (150k or less) yet Powerpoint freezes up and either crashes or
needs a force quit every 2 or 3 minutes. When PowerPoint does not crash and
the slide is printed we may get only half of the data/graphics.

I have followed the recommended procedures for copying and pasting the
charts from Excel into PowerPoint, have made PowerPoint files with only one
slide, etc., yet we still have this frequent problem. This is happening on
more than one machine.

Anyone else having a similar problem? Anyone have any suggestions for a
solution?

 

[trip_to_tokyo]

I do not have that problem and am on the same set up as you.

This is copied from one of my earlier postings:-

EXCEL and PowerPoint 2007 versions

Ricky, please check out:-

http://www.pierrefondes.com/

- item number 74 (EXCEL 2007 Charts PowerPoint Presentation).

When I copied these Charts into PowerPoint I took the following actions:-

1. I used a Title and Content type of Slide.

2. In EXCEL I right clicked in the Chart I wanted to copy and hit Copy.

3. I then went to PowerPoint clicked in the Content part of the slide /
right click / Paste.

In lower right hand corner I clicked on the Paste Options button and
selected Paste as Picture.

This seemed to keep the colours as they were prepared in EXCEL 2007.

If my comments have helped please hit Yes.

Thanks.

 

[John Wilson]

Apart from involving Excel does that have something to do with the question?
@OP
You might want to check that you have a default local pronter driver and read:
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00850.htm

Sounds crazy but it can cause all sorts of strange crashes.

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[VSV Sahar]

Hi,

I am also having the same problem. Powerpoint crashes out very frequently
when working with excel charts.

I don't want to paste the chart as picture. I want the chart and the data
should be linked to my excel sheet.

Any suggestions / bug fixes for this?

Thanks in advance

VSV Sahar

 

[John Wilson]

Maybe this ...

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/974993
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[Echo S]

I'd make sure you have the "chart-crash hotfix" installed:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/974993

I don't know if it resolves exactly the problem you're describing, but I
would definitely try it. Well, I'd try both that and the printer driver test
that John suggested.