Error message when you try to paste a link to an Excel 2007 chart object in Word 2007: "Word cannot obtain the data for the Excel.Chart.8 link"

When you try to paste a link to a Microsoft Office Excel 2007 chart object in Microsoft Office Word 2007, you receive an error message that resembles the following:Additionally, the link to the chart object is not pasted in the Word 2007 document.

This problem occurs if you try to paste a link to an Excel 2007 chart object as a bitmap or as a Microsoft Office Graphic Object.

This problem occurs because Word 2007 does not support the bitmap format or the Microsoft Office Graphic Object format to link to a chart object.

To work around this problem, paste the link in one of the following formats:

• Microsoft Office Excel Worksheet Object
• Picture (Windows Metafile)

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.