I opened Word 2003 XP Office Home Edition and clicked on "new" document icon,
then "chart" icon. The chart that came up I edited and added subordinate,
associate, etc, then filled in the little balloons with the info I wanted. I
clicked save and saved it as a document.I closed out Word and later went to
get that saved chart, and the document opened but no chart, just this:
{SHAPE\*MERGEFORMAT}. Whassup? I tried to recreate the chart and just did a
little of a new one and saved that one, came back to open it and same message
as before on the page of the document. No chart. HELP!
--
Christine

Hit Alt-F9 to toggle between showing field codes and field results. Those
curly braces denote a field.


On 12/10/04 9:37 AM, "Christine" wrote:

I opened Word 2003 XP Office Home Edition and clicked on "new" document icon,
then "chart" icon. The chart that came up I edited and added subordinate,
associate, etc, then filled in the little balloons with the info I wanted. I
clicked save and saved it as a document.I closed out Word and later went to
get that saved chart, and the document opened but no chart, just this:
{SHAPE\*MERGEFORMAT}. Whassup? I tried to recreate the chart and just did a
little of a new one and saved that one, came back to open it and same message
as before on the page of the document. No chart. HELP!

--
Daiya Mitchell, MVP Mac/Word
Word FAQ: http://www.word.mvps.org/
MacWord Tips: http://www.word.mvps.org/MacWordNew/
What's an MVP? A volunteer! Read the FAQ: http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/

Ah! God bless you! Why are my charts doing that? Will I have to do that
everytime I save a chart?

"Daiya Mitchell" wrote:

Hit Alt-F9 to toggle between showing field codes and field results. Those
curly braces denote a field.


On 12/10/04 9:37 AM, "Christine" wrote:

I opened Word 2003 XP Office Home Edition and clicked on "new" document icon,
then "chart" icon. The chart that came up I edited and added subordinate,
associate, etc, then filled in the little balloons with the info I wanted. I
clicked save and saved it as a document.I closed out Word and later went to
get that saved chart, and the document opened but no chart, just this:
{SHAPE\*MERGEFORMAT}. Whassup? I tried to recreate the chart and just did a
little of a new one and saved that one, came back to open it and same message
as before on the page of the document. No chart. HELP!

--
Daiya Mitchell, MVP Mac/Word
Word FAQ: http://www.word.mvps.org/
MacWord Tips: http://www.word.mvps.org/MacWordNew/
What's an MVP? A volunteer! Read the FAQ: http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/

No, for some reason you've got field display toggled in Tools | Options |
View. If it's set correctly when you close Word, it should be set correctly
when you open a document. If not, just press Alt+F9.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Christine" wrote in message
...
Ah! God bless you! Why are my charts doing that? Will I have to do that
everytime I save a chart?

"Daiya Mitchell" wrote:

Hit Alt-F9 to toggle between showing field codes and field results.
Those
curly braces denote a field.


On 12/10/04 9:37 AM, "Christine" wrote:

I opened Word 2003 XP Office Home Edition and clicked on "new"
document icon,
then "chart" icon. The chart that came up I edited and added
subordinate,
associate, etc, then filled in the little balloons with the info I
wanted. I
clicked save and saved it as a document.I closed out Word and later
went to
get that saved chart, and the document opened but no chart, just this:
{SHAPE\*MERGEFORMAT}. Whassup? I tried to recreate the chart and just
did a
little of a new one and saved that one, came back to open it and same
message
as before on the page of the document. No chart. HELP!

--
Daiya Mitchell, MVP Mac/Word
Word FAQ: http://www.word.mvps.org/
MacWord Tips: http://www.word.mvps.org/MacWordNew/
What's an MVP? A volunteer! Read the FAQ:
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/