XL97: Custom Chart Types May Appear Distorted

ID: Q168582

The information in this article applies to:

SYMPTOMS

When you create a chart in Microsoft Excel 97, the chart may be distorted or unreadable.

This problem occurs if the following conditions are true:

You upgrade Microsoft Excel 7.0 to Microsoft Excel 97.
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In step 1 of the Chart Wizard, you click the Custom Types tab, click User-defined, and then click MS Excel 4.0.
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In step 3 of the Chart Wizard, you add titles for the chart, the category (x) axis, and the value (y) axis.

To work around this problem, create the chart without the titles, and then add the titles to the chart after you create the chart.

To add titles to a chart after you create it, use the following steps:

1. Click the chart.

2. On the Chart Menu, click Chart Options.

3. Click the Titles tab.

4. Type the text in the boxes for Chart Title, Category (X) Axis, and Value

   (Y) Axis.

5. Click OK.

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words: XL97

Keywords          : kbtool kbchart
Version           : WINDOWS:97
Platform          : WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbbug

Last Reviewed: October 31, 1998