Microsoft KB Archive/142592

= XL7: Chart Titles/Legend May Move When Zoomed Worksheet Opened =

PSS ID Number: 142592

Article Last Modified on 2/5/2002

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Excel for Windows 95 7.0

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This article was previously published under Q142592



SYMPTOMS
When you change the zoom magnification in an embedded chart and save and reopen the workbook, the x and y axis chart titles and the chart legend move slightly toward the center of the chart. In addition, the width of the plotted chart increases slightly if you decrease the zoom magnification, and it decreases in size if you increase the zoom magnification. The changes in the embedded chart become more obvious when you save and reopen the workbook several times.



CAUSE
This behavior occurs when you do all of the following:


 * You create an embedded a chart that contains x or y axis titles or a legend.

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 * You select a zoom magnification other than 100 percent.

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 * You save, close, and reopen the workbook that contains the chart.

Each time you subsequently save, close, and reopen the workbook, the changes in the chart become more apparent.



WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, use either of the following methods. Method 1: Completely reinsert the chart. Use this method if the chart can easily be re-created and you want to restore all the affected chart items. To reinsert the chart, use the following steps:

a. Select the chart and delete it. Do not delete the data on             which the chart is based.

b. Select the cells on the worksheet that contain the chart data, and click the Chart Wizard button.

c. Select the desired chart options and continue to click Next on each screen until you reach the end of the Chart Wizard. Click Finished.

d. To insert axis titles, double-click the chart, click Titles on the Insert menu, select Value (Y) Axis and Category (X) Axis, and click OK.

Method 2: Reinsert just the titles and the legend to restore their positions and then manually resize the chart plot area. Use this method if the chart contains a lot of formatting and you cannot easily re-create the chart:

a. Double-click the chart, click Titles on the Insert menu, clear the Value (Y) Axis and Category (X) Axis check boxes, and click OK.

b. Click the legend and delete it.

c. To reinsert the axis titles, click Titles on the Insert menu, reselect the Value (Y) Axis and Category (X) Axis check boxes, and click OK.

d. To reinsert the legend, click Legend on the Insert menu.

e. To resize the chart plot area, click the plotted chart area such that the entire chart, excluding the titles and legend, is selected, and drag the handles (the small black             boxes that appear on the selected chart) to resize the chart.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was corrected in Microsoft Excel for Windows 95, version 7.0a.



MORE INFORMATION
The size of the chart plot area is actually changing; this change in size causes the titles and the legend to appear to move toward the center of the chart.

