Microsoft KB Archive/929995

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Chart data is deleted when you apply a template to an Excel chart in a 2007 Office program

Article ID: 929995

Article Last Modified on 10/15/2007



APPLIES TO

  • Microsoft Office Excel 2007
  • Microsoft Office Word 2007
  • Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007



SYMPTOMS

When you apply a template to an Excel chart in a 2007 Microsoft Office program, the chart data is deleted. This problem occurs when you exit Microsoft Office Excel 2007 before you change the template of the chart.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, click Edit Data on the Design tab to open the worksheet that contains the chart data in Excel 2007. Do this before you apply a template to an embedded chart.

Note To use this workaround, you must have access to the data in a linked chart.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.


Additional query words: PPT2007 PowerPoint2007 XL2007 Excel2007 WD2007 Word2007 Office2007 OFF2007 Office 2007

Keywords: kbtshoot kbprb kbexpertisebeginner KB929995