[Corey]

I am having a problem with the version of Word 2003 on my home computer. I
am doing a class exercise which requires me to add a chart to a Word
document. I do this by going to the Insert - Picture - Chart. It then
brings up a sample chart which I can either edit or use as is. It is
supposed to be brought into the document when I click in the document
outside of the chart. This process works fine on the computer I have at the
lab at school. However, on my own computer at home all I get is a one line
message about an embeddded chart when I try to click outside the chart to
bring it into the document. I saw something in the Knowledge Base that I
could fix that by highlighting the embed message and hitting Cntl-Shift-F9
but that doesn't work.

Is there some setting I have wrong perhaps? I have tried uninstalling and
reinstalling office several times to no avail. Otherwise most of the normal
functionality seems all right.

Any help would be appreciated.

[Rafiq R. Ali]

Have you tried Alt+F9? That is the shortcut for toggling field codes. I'd do
this before I did Cntl+Shift+F9.

Regards,
Rafiq R. Ali

"Corey" wrote in message
...
I am having a problem with the version of Word 2003 on my home computer. I
am doing a class exercise which requires me to add a chart to a Word
document. I do this by going to the Insert - Picture - Chart. It then
brings up a sample chart which I can either edit or use as is. It is
supposed to be brought into the document when I click in the document
outside of the chart. This process works fine on the computer I have at
the lab at school. However, on my own computer at home all I get is a one
line message about an embeddded chart when I try to click outside the chart
to bring it into the document. I saw something in the Knowledge Base that
I could fix that by highlighting the embed message and hitting
Cntl-Shift-F9 but that doesn't work.

Is there some setting I have wrong perhaps? I have tried uninstalling and
reinstalling office several times to no avail. Otherwise most of the
normal functionality seems all right.

Any help would be appreciated.

[Lene Fredborg]

The problem could be that you are in "show field codes" mode. Try to press
Alt+F9 to toggle field codes.

F9 toggles between showing field codes and showing field results.
Ctrl+Shift+F9 unlinks fields so that only the contents remain, the field is
gone.

--
Regards
Lene Fredborg


"Corey" wrote:

I am having a problem with the version of Word 2003 on my home computer. I
am doing a class exercise which requires me to add a chart to a Word
document. I do this by going to the Insert - Picture - Chart. It then
brings up a sample chart which I can either edit or use as is. It is
supposed to be brought into the document when I click in the document
outside of the chart. This process works fine on the computer I have at the
lab at school. However, on my own computer at home all I get is a one line
message about an embeddded chart when I try to click outside the chart to
bring it into the document. I saw something in the Knowledge Base that I
could fix that by highlighting the embed message and hitting Cntl-Shift-F9
but that doesn't work.

Is there some setting I have wrong perhaps? I have tried uninstalling and
reinstalling office several times to no avail. Otherwise most of the normal
functionality seems all right.

Any help would be appreciated.

[Corey]

Thank you for the post. Unfortunately, this one didn't help either. Maybe
I need to reinstall windows and start over. Any other ideas out there?

Thanks.

"garfield-n-odie [MVP]" wrote in
message ...
In Word, click on Tools | Options | View tab | uncheck the boxes for
"All", "Hidden text", and "Field codes" | Print tab | uncheck the boxes
for "Hidden text" and "Field codes" | OK.

Corey wrote:
Thank you both for your quick responses. Unfortunately, there was no
change when I tried to use the Alt-F9 combination. I think my problem
probably runs deeper but I don't have a handle on it. One thing I did
notice is that when I opened the chart to work on it, the title bar of
the chart said 'Microsoft Graph'. On the computer at the lab at school
it just said 'Microsoft Word'. Am I perhaps pulling in some bad software
or is there a registry setting that needs to be tweaked. At this point
any help will be greatly appreciated.


"Corey" wrote in message
...

I am having a problem with the version of Word 2003 on my home computer.
I am doing a class exercise which requires me to add a chart to a Word
document. I do this by going to the Insert - Picture - Chart. It then
brings up a sample chart which I can either edit or use as is. It is
supposed to be brought into the document when I click in the document
outside of the chart. This process works fine on the computer I have at
the lab at school. However, on my own computer at home all I get is a
one line message about an embeddded chart when I try to click outside the
chart to bring it into the document. I saw something in the Knowledge
Base that I could fix that by highlighting the embed message and hitting
Cntl-Shift-F9 but that doesn't work.

Is there some setting I have wrong perhaps? I have tried uninstalling
and reinstalling office several times to no avail. Otherwise most of the
normal functionality seems all right.

Any help would be appreciated.

[Graham Mayor]

Depending on what is installed on your PC there could be more than one chart
option available. Mine for example has both Microsoft Graph Chart and
Microsoft Excel Chart - check insert object and see what you have listed.

Do you have Microsoft Graph installed? Re-run Office setup from Windows
Control panel add or remove programs - you'll find Micrsoft Graph in the
Office Tools section.

Your problem has nothing to do with Windows and reinstalling that while
amusing would be a waste of time.

What is the *eaxct* message you get from Word.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


Corey wrote:
Thank you for the post. Unfortunately, this one didn't help either. Maybe
I need to reinstall windows and start over. Any other ideas
out there?
Thanks.

"garfield-n-odie [MVP]"
wrote in message ...
In Word, click on Tools | Options | View tab | uncheck the boxes for
"All", "Hidden text", and "Field codes" | Print tab | uncheck the
boxes for "Hidden text" and "Field codes" | OK.

Corey wrote:
Thank you both for your quick responses. Unfortunately, there was
no change when I tried to use the Alt-F9 combination. I think my
problem probably runs deeper but I don't have a handle on it. One
thing I did notice is that when I opened the chart to work on it,
the title bar of the chart said 'Microsoft Graph'. On the computer
at the lab at school it just said 'Microsoft Word'. Am I perhaps
pulling in some bad software or is there a registry setting that
needs to be tweaked. At this point any help will be greatly
appreciated. "Corey" wrote in message
...

I am having a problem with the version of Word 2003 on my home
computer. I am doing a class exercise which requires me to add a
chart to a Word document. I do this by going to the Insert -
Picture - Chart. It then brings up a sample chart which I can
either edit or use as is. It is supposed to be brought into the
document when I click in the document outside of the chart. This
process works fine on the computer I have at the lab at school.
However, on my own computer at home all I get is a one line
message about an embeddded chart when I try to click outside the
chart to bring it into the document. I saw something in the
Knowledge Base that I could fix that by highlighting the embed
message and hitting Cntl-Shift-F9 but that doesn't work. Is there some
setting I have wrong perhaps? I have tried
uninstalling and reinstalling office several times to no avail.
Otherwise most of the normal functionality seems all right.

Any help would be appreciated.