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Can't drag new data to chart in 2007.



 
 
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Old May 27th, 2010, 09:57 PM posted to microsoft.public.excel.misc
roadkill
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Default Can't drag new data to chart in 2007.

I have a series of charts that I update every 2 weeks with 2 more weeks of
data. When using Excel 2003 I was able to drag and drop the added 2 columns
of data to the chart and it automatically incorporated them. Since
converting to 2007, I can't do this (or at least haven't figured out how).
Instead of incorporating the data it simply moves the data itself to cells
behind the chart. I should also mention that some time ago (while still in
Excel 2003) the spreadsheet stopped enclosing/highlighting the charted data
when I selected the chart (which, when it did this, allowed me to simply grab
the corner of the selected data and move it over 2 more row). Does anyone
have any ideas for making either of these features work again?
Thanks,
Will
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Old May 28th, 2010, 07:16 PM posted to microsoft.public.excel.misc
Jon Peltier[_2_]
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Default Can't drag new data to chart in 2007.

They removed this functionality from Excel 2007.

Copy the cells you want to include, select the chart, and paste.

- Jon
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On 5/27/2010 4:57 PM, roadkill wrote:
I have a series of charts that I update every 2 weeks with 2 more weeks of
data. When using Excel 2003 I was able to drag and drop the added 2 columns
of data to the chart and it automatically incorporated them. Since
converting to 2007, I can't do this (or at least haven't figured out how).
Instead of incorporating the data it simply moves the data itself to cells
behind the chart. I should also mention that some time ago (while still in
Excel 2003) the spreadsheet stopped enclosing/highlighting the charted data
when I selected the chart (which, when it did this, allowed me to simply grab
the corner of the selected data and move it over 2 more row). Does anyone
have any ideas for making either of these features work again?
Thanks,
Will

 




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