Headers/Footers Fail to Reflect Embedded Chart Name (171162)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows
  • Microsoft Excel for Windows 95
  • Microsoft Excel for Windows 5.0
  • Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition
This article was previously published under Q171162

SYMPTOMS

If you use a header or footer for a worksheet that contains an embedded chart, the name of the chart in the header or footer may not correspond to the name of the chart.

CAUSE

Microsoft Excel uses the original name of the embedded chart in headers and footers. For example, if you create an embedded chart in Sheet1 of a new workbook, the name of the chart is Chart 1. This is the name used in headers and footers.

RESOLUTION

To rename charts so that the header or footer for the chart is updated, use a chart sheet instead of an embedded chart. When you rename the tab on a chart sheet, the name used in a header or footer is automatically updated.

To move an embedded chart to a chart sheet, use the following appropriate method.

Microsoft Excel 97 and Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition

To move the embedded chart, follow these steps:

  1. Click once on the embedded chart to switch to it.
  2. On the Chart menu, click Location.
  3. In the Chart Location dialog box, click As New Sheet, type the name for the chart sheet in the box next to the option, and then click OK.

Microsoft Excel versions 5.0 and 7.0

To move the embedded chart, follow these steps:

  1. Select any empty cell in a worksheet and press F11.

    This creates an empty chart sheet.
  2. Double-click the embedded chart to switch to it.
  3. On the Edit menu, click Copy.
  4. Click the chart sheet.
  5. On the Edit menu, click Paste.
This step pastes a copy of the chart into the chart sheet. If you want, you can delete the embedded chart object that is in the worksheet.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

REFERENCES

Microsoft Excel 97 and Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition

For more information about creating embedded charts, click the Office Assistant, type "embedded chart," click Search, and then click to view "Create a chart."

NOTE: If the Assistant is hidden, click the Office Assistant button on the Standard toolbar. If Microsoft Help is not installed on your computer, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

120802 How to Add/Remove a Single Office Program or Component

Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:8/17/2005
Keywords:KB171162
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