Microsoft KB Archive/264517

= XL: Linked Charts Lose Custom Colors When You Update Source Data =

Article ID: 264517

Article Last Modified on 9/23/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 2000 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Excel 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q264517



SYMPTOMS
Linked charts that use custom colors revert to the default colors, when you update the chart data in Microsoft Excel.



Excel 2000
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Microsoft Office 2000. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

276367 OFF2000: How to Obtain the Latest Office 2000 Service Pack



CAUSE
This problem occurs when you do the following:
 * 1) You create an embedded chart in Excel.
 * 2) You change the default colors for the chart.
 * 3) You paste the chart into another program, such as Microsoft Word, by using the Paste Link feature.
 * 4) You save and close the document in the other program.
 * 5) You change the original chart data in Excel, and then save and close the workbook.
 * 6) You reopen the document in the other program, and then update the links.

The linked chart reverts back to the default colors.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in Microsoft Office 2000 Service Pack 2.

Keywords: kbbug kbfix kboffice2000sp2fix kboffice2000presp2fix kbqfe kbhotfixserver KB264517

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