Microsoft KB Archive/211728

= XL2000: Trendline Equation Label Does Not Use the Specified Color =

Article ID: 211728

Article Last Modified on 9/27/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q211728





SYMPTOMS
After you apply a user-defined chart type to a chart, Microsoft Excel may fail to apply the specified colors to trendline equation labels in the chart.



CAUSE
This problem may occur if all of the following conditions are true:
 * You create a custom chart type for a chart based on data in a range of cells.

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 * You specify a different color for each trendline label.

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 * You apply the custom chart type to a chart based on data in a range of cells with more rows and/or columns than the range on which the original chart is based.



WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, reapply the custom chart type to the chart. To reapply the custom chart type to the chart, follow these steps:
 * 1) Click the chart to activate it.
 * 2) On the Chart menu, click Chart Type.
 * 3) Click the Custom Types tab.
 * 4) Under Select from, click User-defined.
 * 5) Click the custom type that you created and click OK.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

