As you might expect MS; for no reason I can understand, made it different
Select your cell and right click - Format cells -Fill Tab - Pattern style
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Mike
When competing hypotheses are otherwise equal, adopt the hypothesis that
introduces the fewest assumptions while still sufficiently answering the
question.
On the off change you are asking about charts:
Andy Pope has a great addin for cross-hatching column/bar charts http://www.andypope.info/charts/patternfills.htm
MS have kindly given this back to us in XL2010
best wishes