Excel charts, embedded in Word 2007, strange appearance

I make charts in Excel with shapes, text, varying transparency, and layers. I then embed these charts (Paste Special>as Excel objects) into a Word document. When I convert the Word document to a pdf  (Acrobat 8) the shapes, layers, line types and weights, and transparency all change. Example: An blue-tinted oval becomes an oval outline over a blue rectangle. A transparent dashed line on a layer behind text becomes an opaque solid line in front of, and obscuring, the text.
I've had similar problems in InDesign, where images with gradients and transparencies convert to solid blocks of opaque color. Does anyone have a solution?

Disable settings in Office are per user basis, so it can happen that it is disabled for the user and not for you.
How did you try to enable it ? did you use the dialog that comes up by Word Options>Add-ins>Disabled Items>Go

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