[cw-discuss] copy/paste don't work with Ms Office 2003 in ubuntu

[Daniel Llewellyn]

On Feb 3, 2008 9:40 PM, Timothy <tegbert at xmission.com> wrote:
> If you're trying to copy and paste a chart as opposed to a range of
> cells, you should copy it as a "picture". Microsoft, in its infinite
> wisdom, has made it kind of obscure how to do this, so I'll tell you.
> Select the chart, then select the "edit" menu while holding down the
> "shift" key. That should reveal the "Copy Picture" menu item, which you
> should select. After copying, you should be able to paste in the usual
> way. LOL. --Tim
>

won't this prevent edit-in-place, formally known as OLE linking? the
idea being that the target app knows the app that created the chart
(fo e.g.) and launches it embedded to modify the contents upon a
doubleclick


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Regards,
    The Honeymonster aka Daniel Llewellyn