OFF97: MSGraph97: Custom Chart Set as Default Doesn't Retain Font, Scale

ID: Q183914

The information in this article applies to:

SYMPTOMS

If you create a user-defined chart in Microsoft Graph and set that chart as the default, the font size and scale for the new default chart are incorrect.

This problem is specific to setting custom charts as default. This problem does not occur when you use the pre-desinged charts in Microsoft Graph.


CAUSE

Graph does not correctly save the font size and chart scale for user-defined chart settings, when that chart is set as the default.


WORKAROUND

To work around this behavior, you can reapply a user-defined chart to an existing chart. To do this, follow these steps:

  1. Insert a new chart in your slide.


  2. On the Insert menu, click Chart.


  3. On the Chart menu, click Chart Type.


  4. In the Chart Type dialog box, click the Custom Types tab.


  5. Click User-Defined. You see a list of all custom user-defined charts.


  6. Click the style you want to use and click OK.


This reapplies the custom user-defined type and correctly applies all the formats to the chart.


STATUS

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

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Keywords          : kbdta kbgraph 
Version           : WINDOWS:97,98
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbbug

Last Reviewed: July 26, 1999