XL5: Errors When Trying to Use Charting Toolbar Buttons

ID: Q109275

5.00 WINDOWS kbusage

The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Excel for Windows, version 5.0

SUMMARY

In Microsoft Excel version 5.0 for Windows, if you set the Objects setting on the View tab to Hide All in a chart sheet or in an embedded chart, or if you protect the chart sheet, you will be unable to use the ChartWizard button, the Chart Type button, or the chart buttons from the Chart Type tear-off palette.

WORKAROUNDS

To format a series in the chart when the Objects setting on the View tab has been set to Hide All or the chart sheet has been protected, do any of the following:

Select the series and choose Selected Data Series from the Format menu.
-or-
Set the Objects setting to Show All or Show Placeholders.
-or-
Unprotect the chart sheet.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

1. In a new worksheet in a new workbook, enter the following values:

   A1: 1   B1: 2   C1: 3

2. Select cells A1:C1.

3. From the Insert menu, choose Chart, and then choose As New Sheet.

4. In the ChartWizard dialog box, choose the Finish button.

5. In the chart sheet, choose Options from the Tools menu.

6. Select the View tab.

7. In the Objects section, select the Hide All option. Choose

   OK to accept the change.

8. Try to select one of the following buttons:

    - The ChartWizard button on the Chart or Standard toolbar

    - The Chart Type button on the Chart toolbar

    - If any are visible, one of the buttons from the Charting tear-off
      palette

You will not be able to make any of the buttons operate. Clicking any of them has no effect. To use them, you must do both of the following:

Set the Objects setting to Show All or Show Placeholders.
-and-
If it is protected, unprotect the chart sheet. To do this, choose Protection from the Tools menu, and then choose Unprotect Sheet.

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Additional reference words: 5.00

Version           : 5.00
Platform          : WINDOWS

Last Reviewed: September 14, 1996