Microsoft KB Archive/168691

= Valid Geographic Names for Microsoft Map =

Article ID: 168691

Article Last Modified on 8/17/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 97 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Excel 95 Standard Edition

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SUMMARY
In Microsoft Excel, you can use Microsoft Map (Microsoft Data Map in Microsoft Excel 7.0) to graphically represent data associated with a geographic area. In order for Microsoft Map to recognize a territory, such as a country or province, the name must be a valid name or abbreviation.

To see a listing of valid geographic territories that Microsoft Map recognizes, open the file, Mapstats.xls. This file is installed with the Microsoft Map program and is located in the following folder   C:\Program Files\Common Files\Data Map\Data. Mapstats.xls contains the following geographic and demographic information:
 * World demographic data by country
 * United States demographic data by state
 * Canada demographic data by province
 * Mexico demographic data by state
 * Europe demographic data by country
 * United Kingdom & Republic of Ireland by county
 * Australia demographic data by state
 * South Africa and neighboring countries by region

For additional information on creating a data map using Microsoft Map, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

147637 XL: How to Create a Map with Microsoft Data Map

Additional query words: 97 XL97 datamap XL

Keywords: kbinfo KB168691

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