Copying and pasting problem

[pileyrei]

Hello

I'm hoping there is a saviour out there for me.
I'd be grateful for any suggestion or advice.

I have two identical laptops (IBM Thinkpad T22). They are identical in build. They both have Windows 2000 and Office 2000 installed on them.

I have an Excel spreadsheet and Powerpoint presentation.

I highlight data from cells A1 to H15 in excel and click edit>copy.
On a new slide in Powerpoint I click edit>paste special>microsoft excel worksheet object.

On the one laptop it pastes all the data in perfectly. On the other laptop only cells A1 to C15 are pasted in.

I have a screen dump from both pc's so you can better understand what I mean. Emails required then.

The only thing I have a hunch on is the settings. On both pc's, on the pasted data, I right click and select "format object". On the size tab I noticed that on the "good pc" the units are in cm but on the "bad pc" its on Inches (&quot. I changed the regional settings on the "bad pc" to English UK (Im in the UK!) and this changed the settings to cm's. I tried changing the size of the object on the "bad pc" to the same size of the object on the "good pc" but it didnt work. The settings dont hold. I change them but when I go back in they are back to where they were before.

Can anyone help me?
I am baffled how two identical pc's have this difference.
I have compared all settings (Tools>options etc) and they are all the same.


Anyone?

Many thanks

Pileyrei

 

[ladyck3]

What about the screen resolution and font sizes being used on both?

LadyCK3

 

[pileyrei]

Hi

Thank you for the reply, everything helps!
The font sizes, resolution are identical.

Pileyrei

 

[ladyck3]

There are some drastic moves you can use, not sure if this will help...

First of all, simply trying Detect & Repair, as there may be something strange in the install or corrupt that may fix the problem on the "bad pc". Help > Detect & Repair.... if you are not familiar, you will need access to the installation software, if installed via CD you will need the office CD, if installed via network, you will need access to the installation location.

Second, if Detect & Repair does not work, there is a drastic move of removing Office and MS has a cleanup utility to clear all registry keys and then reinstall, this will be sure it is definitely set to default settings....

MSKB Article: 238413 - OFF2000: Windows Installer CleanUp Utility

Search by article number at

http://support.microsoft.com

HOWEVER, I'm not sure this is actually the issue, just giving suggestions.....

Detect & Repair may be all that is needed....


LadyCK3

 

[pileyrei]

Hiya


Once again, thank you for your suggestions.
I have tried all of them but still no luck. I did find a MS Article which suggested it was known problem, just like that!

Anyway, not to worry!

Thanks so much!

Regards

Pileyrei

 

[bluedragon2]

Question:

If you save the powerpoint file on the good pc and open it on the bad pc, what are the results?



Blue

If I wasn't Blue, I would just be a Dragon...

 

[pileyrei]

Hi Blue Dragon

Good Question!

It works fine untill I try to edit it (dbl click). Then it reverts back to itself!(ie half the data showing)

Found this article....but didnt fix it! Aaaargh

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;300523

Regards

Pileyrei