Article ID: 214318
Article Last Modified on 9/25/2003
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Excel 2000 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q214318
SYMPTOMS
When you save a custom chart type and apply it to a new chart, the data series and the x-axis labels revert to the defaults in Microsoft Excel.
CAUSE
Saving a custom chart type does not store whether the data series is oriented on the chart in rows or columns, or whether the x-axis labels are in the first row or first column. Therefore, if you apply the custom chart type to new data, the x-axis labels and orientation of the data series use the defaults in Excel.
WORKAROUND
To adjust the orientation of the series after creating a custom chart:
- Select the custom chart.
- Click the Chart Wizard button on the Standard toolbar.
- In step 1 of the Chart Wizard, click Next.
- Under Series in, click the appropriate option, and then click the Series tab.
- Specify the series and x-axis label information that you want and then click Finish.
MORE INFORMATION
Excel only stores the layout, existence of chart components, and formatting information of user-defined chart types, for example:
- Legend
- Gridlines
- Data labels
- A secondary axis
- Colors
- Patterns
- Fills
- Placement choices for various chart items
- Fonts
Excel does not store the exact data used to create the chart. If it did, you could only use autoformat on data sets of the same size.
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