XL: Valid Geographic Names for Microsoft Map

ID: Q168691

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows
Microsoft Excel for Windows 95, version 7.0

SUMMARY

In Microsoft Excel, you can use Microsoft Map (Microsoft Data Map in Microsoft Excel 7.0) to graphically represent data associated with a geographic area. In order for Microsoft Map to recognize a territory, such as a country or province, the name must be a valid name or abbreviation.

To see a listing of valid geographic territories that Microsoft Map recognizes, open the file, Mapstats.xls. This file is installed with the Microsoft Map program and is located in the following folder

   C:\Program Files\Common Files\Data Map\Data.

Mapstats.xls contains the following geographic and demographic information:

World demographic data by country
United States demographic data by state
Canada demographic data by province
Mexico demographic data by state
Europe demographic data by country
United Kingdom & Republic of Ireland by county
Australia demographic data by state
South Africa and neighboring countries by region

For additional information on creating a data map using Microsoft Map, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q147637
   TITLE     : XL: How to Create a Map with Microsoft Data Map

Additional query words: 97 XL97 datamap

Keywords          : xlmap 
Version           : WINDOWS:7.0,97
Platform          : WINDOWS
Hardware          : x86
Issue type        : kbinfo

Last Reviewed: January 7, 1999