Consider the following scenario:
In this scenario, you receive an error message that resembles the following:
- You apply the hotfix package that is described in Microsoft Knowledge Base (KB) article 960494 or 972559 to a computer that has the 2007 Microsoft Office system installed.
- You add the AliasedDMToMetafilePlus registry entry and set it to 1 to enable the hotfix.
- You upgrade the 2007 Office system to Microsoft Office 2010.
- You use the Paste Link command to copy a chart from Microsoft Excel 2010 to another application such as Microsoft Word 2010 or Microsoft PowerPoint 2010.
In this scenario, you receive an error message that resembles the following:
Word cannot obtain the data from the Excel.Sheet.12 link.