Hi Sandra -
No mystery at all - 4 years ± 1 day to be exact :-) PC's use the 1900 date
system, Mac's use the 1904 date system. You'll find do***entation on it as
well as suggested solutions here;
http://sup****t.microsoft.com/kb/180162
HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac
On 7/18/08 1:53 PM, in article 59b548f0.-1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
"sandrahoo@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
" <sandrahoo@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Version: 2004
> Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
> Processor: Power PC
>
> Ok, here's my quandry, hoping someone else may have seen this before, or
may
> have an idea as to why this is happening.
>
> I work on a Mac, running PPT 2004. Client works on a PC - not exactly
sure
> what version of PPT.
>
> I create graphs in Excel, paste them into PPT (all on the Mac) and share
them
> with my PC clients. They double click on the chart in PPT to launch
Excel and
> look at the data, magically all of the dates (X axis is month/year data)
****ft
> back in time 4 years. (What was once June 2008 data is now June 2004).
>
> My PC-based buddies occasionally do the same thing in reverse, and when
I
> double click on the chart to launch Excel and look at the data driving
the
> charts, the dates all magically ****ft *forward* 4 years.
>
> Which leaves both of us saying, "Huh?"
>
> Please for give me if this question has been asked an answered before -
I
> tried a few keyword searches, but honestly not sure that I'm using the
best
> keywords. I tried everything I could think of short of "date wonkiness",
and
> so far I'm not finding any answers.
>
> Thanks to all for any ideas or help you may be able to share!
>
> Sandra
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