Valid Geographic Names for Microsoft Map (168691)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows
- Microsoft Excel for Windows 95
This article was previously published under Q168691 SUMMARY
In Microsoft Excel, you can use Microsoft Map (Microsoft Data Map in
Microsoft Excel 7.0) to graphically represent data associated with
a geographic area. In order for Microsoft Map to recognize a territory,
such as a country or province, the name must be a valid name or
abbreviation.
To see a listing of valid geographic territories that Microsoft Map
recognizes, open the file, Mapstats.xls. This file is installed with the
Microsoft Map program and is located in the following folder
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Data Map\Data.
Mapstats.xls contains the following geographic and demographic
information:
- World demographic data by country
- United States demographic data by state
- Canada demographic data by province
- Mexico demographic data by state
- Europe demographic data by country
- United Kingdom & Republic of Ireland by county
- Australia demographic data by state
- South Africa and neighboring countries by region
For additional information on creating a data map using Microsoft Map,
please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
147637 XL: How to Create a Map with Microsoft Data Map
| Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 8/17/2005 |
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| Keywords: | kbinfo KB168691 |
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