Microsoft KB Archive/184894

= XL98: Chart Is Opened More Slowly Than in Earlier Versions =

Article ID: 184894

Article Last Modified on 9/11/2002

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 98 for Macintosh

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This article was previously published under Q184894



SYMPTOMS
When you open a workbook that contains a chart, Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition may open the workbook more slowly than earlier versions of Microsoft Excel open the same workbook. The performance may be 20 percent to 50 percent slower in Microsoft Excel 98 than in earlier versions.



CAUSE
This behavior occurs because a chart you create in Microsoft Excel 98 can contain more axis labels, consequently, the chart may contain more information and require more time to be opened.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition.



MORE INFORMATION
A chart you create in Microsoft Excel 98 can rotate label text by 45 degrees, which allows the chart to have more axis labels than a chart you create in earlier versions of Microsoft Excel. X-axis label text is automatically rotated by 45 degrees if Microsoft Excel determines that the text cannot fit in the chart without being truncated.

When you open a workbook that contains a chart created in an earlier version of Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Excel 98 opens the workbook more slowly because Excel draws more chart information to the screen. For example, a column chart with four x-axis labels may contain up to ten x- axis labels when you open the chart in Microsoft Excel 98.

