XL98: How to Select Chart Subtype by Using Keyboard

Last reviewed: February 2, 1998
Article ID: Q176403

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition

SYMPTOMS

In Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition, you may have difficulty using the keyboard to select a chart type under Chart Sub-Type in the Chart Wizard dialog box. If you click the Chart Sub-Type section in the dialog box and press any of the arrow keys, the chart type is changed.

NOTE: This problem does not occur in Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows.

WORKAROUND

To select a chart sub-type using the keyboard, press COMMAND+<number>, where <number> is a number from one through nine (1-9) that corresponds to the following grid:

   1   2   3
   4   5   6
   7   8   9

Each number corresponds to a chart sub-type; for example, if you press COMMAND+1 when the Chart Type is Column, the chart sub-type is changed to Clustered Column. If you select an invalid chart sub-type, nothing happens.

Note that you can also use the mouse to select a chart sub-type.

STATUS

This behavior is by design of Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition.

Additional query words: XL98 subtype bar column line pie xy scatter area
doughnut radar surface bubble stock cylinder pyramid cone accessibility
features chartwizard fails
Keywords : xlchart xlui kbtool
Version : MACINTOSH:98
Platform : MACINTOSH
Issue type : kbbug
Solution Type : kbworkaround

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Last reviewed: February 2, 1998
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