XL5: Printed Pie Chart Border Missing

ID: Q149774

5.00 5.00c WINDOWS kbprint kbprb

The information in this article applies to:

SYMPTOMS

When a pie chart is printed from Microsoft Excel, the border of the largest pie slice may be missing. This behavior may occur even if the border appears on your screen and in print preview.

CAUSE

This behavior may occur if the following conditions are true:

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, use either of the following methods.

Method 1: Change the border weight of the pie slices:

          a. With the pie chart active, click once on one of the pie slices
             to select the data series. You will see the SERIES formula in
             the formula bar.

          b. On the Format menu, click Selected Data Series, and then click
             the Patterns tab.

          c. Click the Weight list in the Border group and click one of the
             first two choices in the list.

Method 2: Change the Active Printer:

          a. On the File menu, click Print.

          b. Click Printer Setup, click another printer, and then click OK.

          c. Click OK to print or click Cancel to return to Microsoft Excel
             without printing.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Excel version 5.x for Windows. This problem was corrected in Microsoft Excel version 5.0 for Windows NT and Microsoft Excel version 7.0 for Windows 95.

REFERENCES

"Microsoft Excel User's Guide," version 5.0, Chapter 18, "Applying Colors, Patterns, and Borders to Chart Items"

For more information about formatting chart items, click the Search button in Help and type:

    Patterns Tab, Selected [chart item] Command (Format Menu)

KBCategory: kbprint kbprb KBSubcategory: xlwin

Additional reference words: 5.00 5.00c

Keywords          : xlwin 
Version           : 5.00 5.00c
Platform          : WINDOWS

Last Reviewed: September 15, 1996