IDCS3 and Excel 2008

Hi,
I have an 10.5.5 user that used to be able to drag/copy charts and graphs from Excel 2004 into InDesign and have the ability to select/edit the charts/graphs as can be done in Excel. Now that we've upgraded her Office to version 2008, we're able to drag/drop the imagery but cannot select different elements in the charts/graphs within IDCS3(5.0.4). I did search the knowledge base and known issues but didn't see anything that matched. I thought I'd check with the community if anyone had experienced the same issue and came upon a workaround.
Thanks,
Paolo

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