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XL98: Font in Chart Title and Label Is Too Large

Article ID: 184893

Article Last Modified on 9/11/2002

Microsoft Excel 98 for Macintosh

This article was previously published under Q184893

SYMPTOMS

When you create a chart with a macro that is written in the Microsoft Excel version 4.0 macro language, the chart title and labels may appear to be too large, and the text is not displayed as you expect. This behavior is especially noticeable when you resize the chart.

CAUSE

In Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition, the default font size for chart titles is 12 points, and the font size for chart labels is 9 points. This difference may cause the text on the chart to appear differently than it appears in earlier versions of Microsoft Excel. This behavior is especially noticeable when you resize the chart. Resizing the chart also scales the font; increasing the size of the chart increases the font accordingly.

WORKAROUND

To work around this behavior, change the font size on the chart. To do this, follow these steps:

Click once on the white area of the chart (also called the chart area).
On the Format menu, click Selected Chart Area.
Click the Font tab, change the Size setting to a smaller size (that is, one or two point sizes smaller), and then click OK.
To change the format of the labels or title, select the object you want to format and repeat steps 2 and 3.

REFERENCES

For more information about formatting charts, click Contents And Index on the Help menu (or on the Balloon Help menu if you are using a version of the Macintosh operating system earlier than 8.0), click the Index button in Microsoft Excel Help, type the following text

charts, formatting

and then click Show Topics. Select the "About Formatting Charts" topic, and click Go To. If you are unable to find the information you need, ask the Office Assistant.

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