Microsoft KB Archive/171313

= XL97: Exploded Slice of 3-D Pie Chart Appears Incorrectly =

Article ID: 171313

Article Last Modified on 10/22/2000

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q171313



SYMPTOMS
The slices of a 3-D pie chart may not be displayed correctly. You may experience one or more of the following problems:


 * One slice of the pie may appear on top of another slice.

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 * One slice of the pie may appear inside another slice.

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 * The side of a pie slice may appear on top of another slice.



CAUSE
This behavior may occur when the following conditions are true:


 * The 3-D pie chart contains a large slice that crosses both 0 and 180 degrees.

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 * At least one slice of the pie chart is exploded.



RESOLUTION
To correct this problem, install Microsoft Excel 97 Service Release 1 (SR-1).

To work around this problem, rotate the pie chart so that the largest slice does not cross both 0 and 180 degrees. To do this, follow these steps:


 * 1) Click to select the pie chart.
 * 2) On the Chart menu, click 3-D View.
 * 3) Click Rotate Left (or Rotate Right) then click Apply. Repeat this step until the chart appears correctly.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows. This problem was corrected in Microsoft Excel 97 SR-1.

For additional information about SR-1, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

172475 OFF97: How to Obtain and Install MS Office 97 SR-1

