Article ID: 237884
Article Last Modified on 11/5/2003
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Excel 2000 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q237884
SYMPTOMS
When you create a chart in Microsoft Excel 2000, or open a chart that you created in an earlier version of Excel, and hide a row on the worksheet, the scale of values displayed on the x-axis of the chart changes to an incorrect scale.
CAUSE
This problem occurs when the following conditions are true:
- Your chart is one of the following types:
- XY (Scatter)
- Bubble
-and-
- One or more rows in the range of cells used as the source data for your chart are hidden.
-or-
- The values used as x-values in your chart are stored in discontiguous areas on your worksheet.
RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, obtain Microsoft Office 2000 Service Release 1/1a (SR-1/SR-1a).
To obtain SR-1/SR-1a, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
245025 OFF2000: How to Obtain and Install Microsoft Office 2000 Service Release 1/1a (SR-1/SR-1a)
To temporarily work around this problem, use the appropriate method for your situation:
- Unhide any hidden rows in the source data for your chart.
-or-
- Arrange the values to be used in your chart so that they occupy a contiguous area on your worksheet.
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 corrected in Microsoft Office 2000 SR-1/SR-1a.
Additional query words: XL2000 xy-scatter xycontig
Keywords: kbbug kbchart kbpending KB237884
