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>, 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?"
>
That's a logical enough response to something this weird. <g>
I recall seeing something about this a while back; it has to do with the
way Windows vs Mac
handle dates. In Windows Excel, Tools, Options there's a "Use 1904 date
system" option. Have
the Windows users put a check next to that to see if that fixes things.
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