The other suggestion I'd make is if you will have to resize the chart, at
least keep the aspect ratio constant. This way, the text boxes only have to
resize uniformly and there will not be the problems of text boxes being
squashed or text having to wrap.

So if the chart needs to be widened in PowerPoint, make it narrower but also
not as tall in Excel.

- Jon
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Jon Peltier, Peltier Technical Services, Inc.
http://PeltierTech.com/WordPress/
Advanced Excel Conference - June 17-18 2009 - Charting and Programming
http://peltiertech.com/Training/2009...00906ACNJ.html
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"Amedee Van Gasse" wrote in message
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On 28 apr, 15:55, "Jon Peltier"
wrote:
I haven't noticed this problem in any SP of Excel 2003, but I will tell
you
that it gets worse in Excel 2007. Opening a ticket will not provide any
relief even if SP2 is still supported.

One way to improve results is to resize the charts in Excel to the size
you
need in PowerPoint, before you copy them in the first place. This
minimizes
the distortion created by resizing and reshaping the charts.

- Jon
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Jon Peltier, Peltier Technical Services,
Inc.http://PeltierTech.com/WordPress/
Advanced Excel Conference - Training in Charting and
Programminghttp://peltiertech.com/Training/2009-06-ACNJ/AdvExcelConf200906ACNJ.html
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Jon,

Looks like my message didn't get trough.

I already suggested that workaround to my user, but then he complained
about another problem.
The chart is in 11 columns. Make them 13.5 wide (total 148.5) - no
problem
Make them wider (total width 150) and the chart is cut off at the
right.

It isn't a complete solution either, because the dimensions of the
chart are _almost_ good. If the chart still needs a bit of resizing,
then there is still distortion. Much less than original, but still.
Depending on the chart, it may still be a problem.

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Amedee