Microsoft KB Archive/104494

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XL5: Cannot Size Full Page Chart

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Excel for Windows, version 5.0
 * Microsoft Excel for the Macintosh, version 5.0

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SUMMARY
In Microsoft Excel 5.0, when you create a chart as a new sheet, you can select one of three options on the Chart tab in the Page Setup dialog box that affect how the chart is displayed and which parts of it you can move and resize. When you select the chart area with the Use Full Page option selected, you will see black handles around the perimeter of the chart. While black handles normally imply that you can move and resize an object, you cannot resize the chart area while this option is selected. You can only resize the chart area when the black handles are joined by a dashed line around the perimeter; this is the case when you select either the Scale To Fit Page or Custom options.

The following table details how each option affects the way your chart is displayed and what you can move and size.

With this option        The chart does this      Moving and sizing -- Use Full      Fills the page within    The chart area cannot Page          the margin settings. be sized. Chart items must be individually sized or moved.

Scale To      Scales to fit the        The chart area can be Fit Page       page within the          sized either vertically margin settings in      or horizontally but not terms of width          both. Chart items are or height               sized and moved in               (depending on the        proportion to the               orientation of your      chart area.               chart).

Custom        Adjusts to any size      The chart area can be               or placement within      moved and sized the margin settings. vertically and horizontally. All chart items are sized and moved in proportion to the chart area. Additional query words: 5.00

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Version : 5.00

Platform : WINDOWS

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