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When trying to copy a Ms Project 2016 timeline to Powerpoint I can only paste it as an image which is useless to me. I can paste the same timeline to Excel as an 'editable' object though (change colors, positions, text, font etc.). Then I can copy/paste this same timeline from Excel, as an 'editable' object, to Powerpoint. Am I doing something wrong or is this a bug?
Even worse, the timing of the task bars in the pasted timeline have changed. Where I have a task starting on November 1st in the MS Project timeline, it seems to start already in te last week of October in the pasted timeline.
Were the timeline could be a very efficient link between detail plans and high level managment information these two issues make it quite useless.
Is it me or is it Ms Project?
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I am now at version 1702 (Build 7870.2031) and it seems the issue where the date labels move, when copy/pasting, has been solved. Indeed copy/pasting into Word/Excel first can be used as a work around.
Best regards,
Peter
Hi Pke60,
Thanks for your update.
Please install the latest update of Project via the article: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/3141514/february-7-2017-update-for-project-2016-kb3141514 . Then check if the PowerPoint is the latest version.
If the issue persists, could you share with us a video about detailed reproduce steps? To protect your privacy, I have sent you a private message to collect the information. You could check and respond to it via https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/privatemessages/list.
Regards,
Shirley
Sorry, in addition, my winproj.exe file version is 16.0.7668.2074.
Thanks Julie. I am using Microsoft Project 2016 MSO (16.0.7668.7101) 64-bit. Seems newer than your version. Tried 32-bit version too. Same result.
Have this on two different systems. Win 7 and 8.1. Same problems. See below what I get when pasting into Powerpoint as non-graph.
I am not seeing what you report using Project 2016 16.0.6965.2117. When I copy for a Presentation and paste into PowerPoint 2016, each object is editable.
Is your version of Project up to date? see: https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/projectsupport/project-2016-public-updates/