CHEM DRAW/ISIS from PCs lost in Word X and lose atoms in Powerpoint X

[John G]

Basically, any Word document sent from any Windows PC (Win95, 97,
2000, XP..) using any version of Word (right up to 2002) which has
pictures in it from any version of CHEMDRAW (4 through to 7), loses
most, sometimes all of them, and sees them replaced by the Big Red
Cross when opened on Mac using Word v.X. This includes what happens
when one generates the document on a Mac, then simply copy it on to a
PC and send back to the Mac..

In addition, when the same Chem Draw generated images are put into
Powerpoint and sent from PC to Mac, in Powerpoint X they lose all
their heteroatoms atoms...the bonds remain, but all the heteratoms
vanish!

All such documents are fine when swapped between Macs.

For info, the Office vX has SR1 and Office 10.1 upgrades. The
phenomenon is OSX-version independent too...has been true form 10.1,
10.2 and all 10.2 upgrade steps through to 10.2.6.

[John McGhie [MVP - Word]]

Thanks John:

Do you happen to know which graphics format CHEMDRAW creates?

I have something in the back of my mind to say that CHEMDRAW produces a
graphic, a converter for which exists on the PC but not on the Mac.

Cheers

This responds to microsoft.public.mac.office.word on 16 May 2003 04:10:56
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