Comments on: Export Chart as Image File

By: Disbelief

Disbelief — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:59:42 +0000

There’s a hole in my bucket dear Lisa….

Excel cannot export a chart to a graphic file. What version is the software now? How many years has it been in development?

I wonder what logic the development team employs to justify this absolute nonsense.

By: Jon Peltier

Jon Peltier — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 12:24:07 +0000

The export method only produces a screen shot with the same resolution as the monitor. The only way I've found to get higher resolution vector-based output is through something like a PDF printer. There is a good free one called PDFCreator which has a VBA interface, so that it can be controlled by Excel VBA. This would remove a lot of the tedium. Ken Puls has a number of articles which describe automation of PDFCreator using VBA.

By: C V Horie

C V Horie — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 07:20:20 +0000

I wish to use charts from Excel in printed publications, so the output should be >600dpi, but preferably vector based. All lines output from Excel are jaggy, but the text is not. The best way I have found so far is to print the chart with a proprietry pdf file maker at its highest resolution, then post process using Photoshop. Very cumbersome.

Do you have or know of a routine that can output high quality images, preferably vector and preferably easily edited?

By: Robert Dundon

Robert Dundon — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 14:55:37 +0000

Thanks! This blog post and the one on creating a macro (http://peltiertech.com/WordPress/2008/03/09/how-to-use-someone-elses-macro/) were helpful helpful at work today. :)

By: Durga

Durga — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 20:29:54 +0000

Jon

Thanks for prompt response.

By: Jon Peltier

Jon Peltier — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 16:19:25 +0000

Durga -

Unfortunately with this approach you are limited to screen resolution. To improve on this, you could copy the chart as a picture (metafile), paste it into a dedicated image processor, and create the image file there.

By: Durga

Durga — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 15:24:36 +0000

I would like to export char in tiff format with at least 300 dpi. How can I export xls chart? Is there any way to define resolution?

Thanks

By: DSA Insights » Blog Archive » Excel Add-in: Export Chart Feature

DSA Insights » Blog Archive » Excel Add-in: Export Chart Feature — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 05:42:57 +0000

[...] Peliter recently wrote about the differences and advantages between saving charts as .jpg or .png files. To test [...]

By: Jon Peltier

Jon Peltier — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 17:27:18 +0000

I've posted a set of helper functions used in these procedures: File Name Functions

By: website design

website design — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 16:13:34 +0000

An improved technique is described here. This post includes a link to an add-in which does it for you.

http://peltiertech.com/WordPress/2008/06/09/enhanced-export-chart-procedure/