Hello,

First let me say that the problem at hand is very difficult to
investigate if you don't have multiple virtual machines to play with
and roll back when needed.

Situation:
Windows XP sp2 + only security updates
Office 2003 sp2 + only security updates

Procedu
User has made several charts in Excel, all on one page.
Select 2 or 3 charts that are close together with ctrl+click.
Group the selected charts.
Hold shift.
Edit - Copy picture.
Appearance: as shown on screen; Format: Picture.
Open Powerpoint.
Paste (CTRL+V)
Resize the pictu drag on one side to make it wider.

Result:
The text on the charts, for example X axis values, becomes unreadable:
the numbers are too close together, font is deformed,...

Also tested:
* same procedure, on Windows XP sp2 + Office 2003 no sp -- OK
* same procedure, on Windows XP sp2 + Office 2003 sp2 + no security
updates -- OK
* same procedure, on Windows XP sp3 + Office 2003 sp3 + security
updates -- NOK

Hypothesis:
One of the Office security updates between sp2 and sp3 also intoduced
a changed behaviour of pasted charts/pictures in Powerpoint.

The affected user wants me to open a ticket with Microsoft, but I'm
afraid that this will lead nowhere. Do they still support Office 2003
sp2? I don't think so, if I look at the lifecycle:
http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/?p1=2488
We will probably install sp3 in a month or so, but I have already
verified that it does not solve the problem.

Questions:
* Can anyone confirm this problem?
* How can I get the old behaviour back?



Kind regards,
Amedee