Comments on: Poor Charting Performance in Excel 2007 http://peltiertech.com/WordPress/poor-charting-performance-in-excel-2007/ PTS Excel Charts and Tutorials Blog Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:01:08 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Jon Peltier http://peltiertech.com/WordPress/poor-charting-performance-in-excel-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-4806 Jon Peltier Fri, 10 Oct 2008 19:24:22 +0000 http://peltiertech.com/WordPress/?p=650#comment-4806 The results of my follow-up tests, using 1023 instead of 513 MB Ram, can be read in <a href="http://peltiertech.com/WordPress/2008/10/10/excel-2007-chart-performance-revisited/" rel="nofollow">Excel 2007 Chart Performance - Revisited</a>. The results of my follow-up tests, using 1023 instead of 513 MB Ram, can be read in Excel 2007 Chart Performance – Revisited.

]]> By: Jon Peltier http://peltiertech.com/WordPress/poor-charting-performance-in-excel-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-4805 Jon Peltier Fri, 10 Oct 2008 18:55:43 +0000 http://peltiertech.com/WordPress/?p=650#comment-4805 Derek - I haven't tested such things as fine alignment of shapes used as markers. The time it takes to redraw has rarely affected me, except for a few charts with "large data sets" (10k points). The poor quality of charts pasted as metafiles into other applications is more of an issue. The most serious issue is the way that the whole new user interface cheats me of my efficiency, which is the subject of an upcoming post. Robert - A rising tide floats all boats. I just did some tests with about twice the RAM, and I'll post a follow-up article soon. The performance of 2007 redrawing has improved, but so has that of 2003, so the ratios are almost as pronounced. Simon - Good question. Maybe that will be my next article after the chart follow-up. I suspect the effect on charting is more severe. Derek -

I haven’t tested such things as fine alignment of shapes used as markers. The time it takes to redraw has rarely affected me, except for a few charts with “large data sets” (10k points). The poor quality of charts pasted as metafiles into other applications is more of an issue. The most serious issue is the way that the whole new user interface cheats me of my efficiency, which is the subject of an upcoming post.

Robert -

A rising tide floats all boats. I just did some tests with about twice the RAM, and I’ll post a follow-up article soon. The performance of 2007 redrawing has improved, but so has that of 2003, so the ratios are almost as pronounced.

Simon -

Good question. Maybe that will be my next article after the chart follow-up. I suspect the effect on charting is more severe.

]]> By: Simon http://peltiertech.com/WordPress/poor-charting-performance-in-excel-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-4799 Simon Fri, 10 Oct 2008 17:55:18 +0000 http://peltiertech.com/WordPress/?p=650#comment-4799 Jon If you remove the charting step and just test the calc part, how much (if any) of that 15-24 is just 2007 generally calculating slower than 2003? Jon
If you remove the charting step and just test the calc part, how much (if any) of that 15-24 is just 2007 generally calculating slower than 2003?

]]> By: Robert Kosara http://peltiertech.com/WordPress/poor-charting-performance-in-excel-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-4795 Robert Kosara Fri, 10 Oct 2008 17:32:46 +0000 http://peltiertech.com/WordPress/?p=650#comment-4795 Interesting comparison! Though given the small amount of RAM, I wonder if part or all of that difference might be due to Excel 2007 simply being larger and thus making use of swap space. It would be interesting to see if the numbers change when given 1GB of RAM. Interesting comparison! Though given the small amount of RAM, I wonder if part or all of that difference might be due to Excel 2007 simply being larger and thus making use of swap space. It would be interesting to see if the numbers change when given 1GB of RAM.

]]> By: derek http://peltiertech.com/WordPress/poor-charting-performance-in-excel-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-4794 derek Fri, 10 Oct 2008 17:06:23 +0000 http://peltiertech.com/WordPress/?p=650#comment-4794 For one horrible moment there, I thought the graphs were about how the markers turned up in different positions if the scale was fixed! One of the disappointing things for me about old Excel is that when you use Office shapes, they plot significantly off when you try to print or export them. Does new Excel cure that fault? How about Wingdings and other typographical shapes, when used as centered data labels? For one horrible moment there, I thought the graphs were about how the markers turned up in different positions if the scale was fixed!

One of the disappointing things for me about old Excel is that when you use Office shapes, they plot significantly off when you try to print or export them. Does new Excel cure that fault? How about Wingdings and other typographical shapes, when used as centered data labels?

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