Microsoft KB Archive/156890

= XL97: Chart Opens More Slowly than in Earlier Versions =

Article ID: 156890

Article Last Modified on 10/21/2000

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q156890



SYMPTOMS
When you open a workbook that contains a chart, Microsoft Excel 97 may open the workbook more slowly than earlier versions of Microsoft Excel. The performance may be 20 percent to 50 percent slower in Microsoft Excel 97 than in earlier versions.



CAUSE
This behavior occurs because a chart you create in Microsoft Excel 97 can contain more axis labels, consequently, the chart may contain more information and take longer to open.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.



MORE INFORMATION
A chart you create in Microsoft Excel 97 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 workbook with a chart that you create in an earlier version of Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Excel 97 opens the workbook more slowly because the chart draws more information to the screen and takes more time to fully open. For example, a column chart with four x-axis labels may contain up to ten x-axis labels when you open it in Microsoft Excel 97.

Additional query words: XL97 8.00 redraw update calculate

Keywords: kbchart kbualink97 kbprb KB156890

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