Microsoft KB Archive/212209

= XL2000: You Are Unable to Create a Transparent Chart Area =

Article ID: 212209

Article Last Modified on 11/5/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q212209





SYMPTOMS
In Microsoft Excel 2000, if you format the chart area of a chart with a fill pattern of None, the chart appears to be transparent; however, you may be unable to select the cells behind the chart.



CAUSE
This behavior can occur when the following conditions are true:
 * You right-click the chart area of a chart, and then click Format Chart Area on the shortcut menu (or click Format Chart Area on the Chart toolbar).

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 * You click the Patterns tab, and then click None under Area.

Formatting the chart area with no fill pattern provides the illusion that the chart area is transparent.



MORE INFORMATION
This behavior differs from behavior in versions of Excel earlier than Excel 97. In versions earlier than Excel 97, if you format the chart area of an embedded chart with no fill pattern, you can access the cells behind the object by clicking them.

Keywords: kbchart kbprb KB212209

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