XL5: Chart Type Defaults to Column

ID: Q123839

5.00 WINDOWS kbusage kbprb

The information in this article applies to:

• Microsoft Excel for Windows, version 5.0

SYMPTOMS

In Microsoft Excel, when you open a chart created in Microsoft Excel 4.0, it may be opened as a column chart instead of the chart type you specified.

CAUSE

This behavior occurs only when the DefaultChart= line in your EXCEL5.INI file has been manually edited to point to an invalid chart type.

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Additional reference words: 5.00

Version           : 5.00
Platform          : WINDOWS

Last Reviewed: September 14, 1996