Bug in applying custom chart templates in PP2007?

  • Thread starter Thread starter Luca Brasi
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Luca Brasi

If I apply a custom chart template to an existing chart object and do
not have open the data source within Excel, the chart seems to loose the
connection to the data (means no data series will be shown). Afterward I
have to open the data by using "Edit Data" to correct the appearance of
the chart.

If the Excel data is open in the background right from the start,
everything works fine.

Do I just have a screwed up Office 2007 installation or does someone
else have this same behavior?

I found following ms article which talks about a problem applying a
custom chart template but the observed behavior is different:
http://support.microsoft.com/Default.aspx?kbid=927475

Thanks for any hints.
 
I have seen this happen, and I believe it's a known bug.

If I recall correctly, I think part of the issue might be the chart type --
like if you apply a bar chart template to a pie chart (or vice versa), the
behavior you described happens because the data is laid out differently in
these two different chart types.

(Or maybe I'm misremembering -- but I have seen what you're describing.)
 
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