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[Guest]

Hello all,
Help me!!! I have noticed that excell has been malfunctioning at my computer
for quite some time. I have two problems with charting:

1. My axis title for the Y axis is truncated, for example if I intend to
give a title of "Population number", excell truncates them into unfavorable
one, like "Population numb", and even worse the next letter of the sentence,
i.e. the "e" was half displayed, leaving an impression of cracking words.

2. Another peculiarity with my excell program is that it does not allow
(give me choice) to resize my title axis, while strangely, it does allow me
to do so with the main chart/graph. When I point my cursor to every inch of
the border it does not become available for reisizing.

These 2 problems are persistent to the printing document and the associated
pdf file. I have tried anything I could to try to fix these problems, like
re-start the computer, uninstall and re-install the antivirus program,
completely enable the excell macro, uninstall and re-install the office
program, including the excell, and even re-install the operating system XP
SP2, but nothing works.

When I open/edit the chart/graph with the same excell version from another
computer (at the office) the truncated axis title does appear there but I can
edit/fix and resize it. Moreover, the printing document and the associated
pdf file are just fine. So, in this case, I would probably assume that the
problems are likely to be caused by either the computer (or the operating
system?), and if it is true, it is so embarassing since I bought the laptop
new, guaranteed and sealed; it is not a refurbish.

I have been experiencing this problem with 2 excell versions, version Pro
2000 and now Pro 2003. I use Norwegian language version of Windows XP SP 2 OS.

My questions
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1. Are these problems caused by the computer (hardware) or the OS?
2. How can I fix the problems?

Thank you for you kind assistance.

Iwan Setiyono Ko - Norway
Email: (e-mail address removed) (iwan dot setiyono at gmail dot com) or
(e-mail address removed) (isetiyono at hotmail dot com)

 

[Andy Pope]

Hi,

Problem 1 is a know problem.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;870698

A work around is to add additional characters to the end of the text.
Try using the non-breaking space character. To enter this type ALT+0160
using the numeric keypad.

Problem 2 is not really a new problem as you have never be able to
resize chart titles. You can not resize chart title texts, even if the
text appears to have the usual resizing box around it when selected. If
you really need to resize a title you will need to use an embedded
textbox. To add the textbox select the chart and press enter.

Cheers
Andy

 

[Guest]

Thanks Andy, it helps. Regarding problem 2, in my opinion, we can resize the
title by enlarging the text font (from 12 to 16, for instance) but the thing
is that I do remember when I worked with excell (I do not remember which
version; probably prior to 2000-version) I could resize the boxes of the axis
titles (X and Y axis) and even with the chart title by simply placing the
cursor, click, and resize (dragging).

Ko, Iwan

 

[Andy Pope]

Hi,

Enlarging the font will indeed resize the title box but only to the size
needed to hold the text. You can not and never have been able to make
the box bigger by dragging the sizing handles. Move but not size.

If you think you can I would suggest that it was an embedded textbox and
not one of the built-in chart titles.

Cheers
Andy

 

[Guest]

Unfortunately, my 16:9 format Dell Inspiron 9300 has the same problem.
Additionally the ALT-0160 doesn't work, even with Num Lock activated.
Changing the Display settings is lame.

My work around is simply to add any character I want, usually three
underscores, then go back in and highlight just the underscore characters.
Then right click to get the text font properties box and then change the Font
color for the underscores from Automatic to White.

The added white characters get truncated and the text I want to see, is now
visible and prints.

-- MK