Say you have five series, then you hide the rows with data for series 2 and 4. Then you only have three series (1, 3, and 5). The chart uses the formatting for the first three series to format them, and forgets the formatting for the last two series. Then unhiding rows applies the formatting for the three series to series 1, 2, and 3, while series 4 and 5 have no remembered formatting, so the default is used.

Your help with dynamic charts has been absolutely invaluable in the past and I would like to buy you a cup of coffee. Several, if I may. Just need to find that link on your site…remember seeing it on one of your pages.

Anyway, I ran into a VERY SERIOUS EXCEL 2003 BUG and I am hoping you have the solution.

I have a clustered column chart in Excel 2003 with hidden data source rows (which I use for the whole dynamic chart thing). Whenever I save and close the file and then reopen it, the data value labels are randomly reset to their defaults.

How do I stop Excel from resetting those data values to their default formats?

Here is how to reproduce this bug:

1. Create a clustered column chart with at least 4 columns.
2. Format each data column to display its data value.
3. Format each data value label to align vertically (90 degrees) and position “inside end”.
4. Hide 3 or 4 of the source rows and save and close the file.
5. Reopen the file and unhide the rows.

Some of the column labels have their data labels RANDOMLY RESET TO THEIR DEFAULT.

Is there a solution to this bug?

Thanks,

Lawrence

I don’t know if this is a problem with 2003 or 2007. It appears mostly with many cycles (6 or more) on a dual-logarithmic scale.