Excel pastelink cuts off table on 1 comp, not another

[bErEsTh]

I have a schedule I created in Excel 2003 that is pastelinked into Autocad 2004. On my computer the entire schedule shows up fine. On another computer in the firm, when you open the drawing in question, the entire schedule shows up for a second then shifts to the left, cutting off a portion of the schedule. I retry pastelink, capturing the whole schedule, and paste again, but it still cuts off the schedule. Any help is appreciated.

 

[TCARPENTER]

The problem with what you are trying to do has more to do with the Windows clipboard than with AutoCAD itself. Depending upon the machine you are using and how it's setup, the clipboard is only alloted "X" amount of resources, whether it be memory, cpu, cache etc. Windows will size whatever you are copying and pasting to "fit" inside the clipboard. To my knowledge, there is no way to control or determine how much will fit in the clipboard - this is why copying and pasting within AutoCAD is NOT a good idea. The only work around for your Excel problem is to use paste special, and paste the Excel sheet as AutoCAD entities.

HTH
Todd

 

[bErEsTh]

I actually was pasting special, or I should say paste special-->paste link.