KB182585 - WD98: How to Programmatically Insert an Excel Chart into Word

Article ID: 182585

Article Last Modified on 6/17/2005

Microsoft Word 98 for Macintosh

This article was previously published under Q182585

SUMMARY

This article includes a sample Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro to insert an existing Excel chart into a new Word document.

MORE INFORMATION

Microsoft provides programming examples for illustration only, without warranty either expressed or implied. This includes, but is not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. This article assumes that you are familiar with the programming language that is being demonstrated and with the tools that are used to create and to debug procedures. Microsoft support engineers can help explain the functionality of a particular procedure, but they will not modify these examples to provide added functionality or construct procedures to meet your specific requirements. The preferred method for accessing Microsoft Excel for Windows Object properties is to add the Microsoft Excel 8.0 Object Library as an available reference. To add the Microsoft Excel 8.0 Object Library reference in Word 97, follow these steps:

In the Visual Basic Editor, click References on the Tools menu.
Under Available References, select the "Microsoft Excel 8.0 Object Library" check box.
Click OK.

After you create the reference, create and run the following Visual Basic macro:

   Sub InsertXLChart()
      Dim xlapp As Excel.Workbook
      Documents.Add
      ' Replace "XLfilename" with a complete path and file name
      ' for an Excel worksheet that includes a chart.
      Set xlapp = GetObject("XLfilename")
      ' Activate the first chart in the workbook.
      xlapp.ActiveSheet.ChartObjects(1).Activate
      ' Select the chart.
      xlapp.ActiveChart.ChartArea.Select
      ' Copy the chart.
      xlapp.ActiveChart.ChartArea.Copy
      With Selection
         ' The wdPasteOLEObject constant will insert the chart as an
         ' embedded object, and the wdInLine constant will insert the
         ' chart on the text layer and not the drawing layer.
         .PasteSpecial Link:=False, DataType:=wdPasteOLEObject, _
            Placement:=wdInLine
      End With
      ' Close the instance of Excel.
      Set xlapp = Nothing
   End Sub

For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

181058 OFF98: How to Run Sample Code from Knowledge Base Articles

REFERENCES

For more information about getting help with Visual Basic for Applications, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

163435 VBA: Programming Resources for Visual Basic for Applications

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