XL98: Chart Series Doesn't Use Removed Secondary Axis Scale (182776)

SYMPTOMS

In Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition, when you plot a chart series along a secondary series axis that uses a different scale than the primary axis, and you remove the secondary axis, the series does not use the scale of the axis that you remove. Instead, Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition plots the series by using the scale of the primary axis.

WORKAROUND

To plot a chart series or group with a different scale from the scale that the primary axis uses without displaying a secondary axis, format the secondary axis so that it does not appear on the chart. To do this, follow these steps:

Select the secondary axis (the axis you do not want to appear). On the Format menu, click Selected Axis.
Select the Patterns tab. Under Axis, click None, and under Tick-Mark Labels, click None. Then, click OK.

MORE INFORMATION

If you plot a chart series or group on a secondary axis, the series or group uses only the scale of the secondary axis if it is available.

NOTE: This behavior is different from versions of Microsoft Excel that are earlier than version 5.0. In earlier versions, if you plot a chart overlay on an overlay axis and format the axis with a different scale from the main axis scale, the chart overlay uses the overlay axis scale. This is true even if you remove the overlay axis.

REFERENCES

For more information about the value axis scale, click Contents And Index on the Help menu (or on the Balloon Help menu if you are using a version of the Macintosh operating system earlier than 8.0), click the Index button in Microsoft Excel Help, type the following text

chart axes, display options