Problem exporting to powerpoint - blank or permanently 'initializing'

Hi all,
I am having a nightmare trying to export my dashboard to powerpoint. It works ok in word. I can open the swf in explorer fine. But it does not work in PDF.
Everytime I try to export to powerpoint, it comes up with the message u2018server busyu2019 and gives me the option of u2018switching tou2019 or u2018retryu2019. When I click on u2018switching tou2019 a couple of times, it finishes. However, I end up with a blank presentation or a white presentation with a permanent u2018initializingu2019 in the middle that doesnu2019t work in slide show mode.
When I try and open the same file I have created in office 2003, it works fine (apart from some slight moving of text which I can deal with u2013 for now).
I am using Xcelsius engage with SP3.2 with office 2007, flash 10.1 and my computer is on XP.
Please, please help!!

Hi there,
I have posted a suggestion via this link [Server Busy issue with Xcelsius|Re: Server Busy; or you can refer to my following steps:
1. Open the Windows Task Manager.
2. Go to tab Applications and look for task Microsoft Excel - Compatibility Check and double click on it. This action will bring you to the small windows of Excel which alerts you about the compatibility check of the Excel file.
3. Click button Continue to process the import.
4. Go back to Xcelsius and click Retry button to import the Excel sheet.
Well, the issue is solved.
Hopefully this tips will be useful for you.
Cheers,
Danny Pham

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