Microsoft KB Archive/94634

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Last reviewed: September 12, 1996

Article ID: Q94634 The information in this article applies to:
 * Microsoft Excel for Windows, version 4.0, 4.0a

SUMMARY
In version 4.0 and 4.0a of Microsoft Excel for Windows, if you open a black and white pie chart that was created in Lotus 1-2-3 by a view-generating macro, the pie chart will be displayed in color.

Workaround
To open a Lotus 1-2-3 black and white pie chart in Microsoft Excel so that the pie chart appears in black and white, use the Graph Save command instead of the Graph View command.

STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the versions of Microsoft Excel listed above. We are researching this problem, and will post more information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION
When a view of a graph is created in Lotus 1-2-3, a temporary screen image of the current graph settings is generated; however, Lotus 1-2-3 does not save this image. When you use the Microsoft Excel Macro Interpreter to open the file containing the Graph View command, the graph is displayed in color instead of in black and white. You cannot edit this image in Microsoft Excel.

If the macro includes a Graph Save command, a PIC file is created in Lotus 1-2-3. In Microsoft Excel, when you open this file along with the associated PIC file, Microsoft Excel creates a chart called CURRENT.XLC. This chart can be edited in Microsoft Excel.