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User-defined charts
On Mon, 11 Dec 2006 07:02:03 -0500, "Jon Peltier"
wrote: What VBA does is applies the tweaking automatically. You need to come up with a template or a set of tweaks that make people happy enough with the chart. I don't know what you mean by set the settings once and for all, unless you want a more totally VBA approach that dumps the data into an Excel template and plots it in a protected chart. Otherwise, human nature dictates that people are going to tweak. If you decide to use VBA, you could start with some recorded macros, then examine the code and remove duplicate items and stray mouse actions. Yes, I know they will try to tweak it but I would like to make the charts as good as possible before they start ruining it agian. What I mean is, I would like to save the settings for bars, lines etc (thickness, borders, colours) in the user-defined chart so I could be sure that they have the correct settings every time, even if they change the chart-type or add more serie. Seems like I have to use a VBA-approach. Btw, do you know if 2007 handles this any differently? -- Fredrik E. Nilsen |
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Excel 2007 handles chart formatting in VBA nominally the same as in 2003,
although you may find some minor differences. - Jon ------- Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP Tutorials and Custom Solutions http://PeltierTech.com _______ "Fredrik E. Nilsen" wrote in message ... On Mon, 11 Dec 2006 07:02:03 -0500, "Jon Peltier" wrote: What VBA does is applies the tweaking automatically. You need to come up with a template or a set of tweaks that make people happy enough with the chart. I don't know what you mean by set the settings once and for all, unless you want a more totally VBA approach that dumps the data into an Excel template and plots it in a protected chart. Otherwise, human nature dictates that people are going to tweak. If you decide to use VBA, you could start with some recorded macros, then examine the code and remove duplicate items and stray mouse actions. Yes, I know they will try to tweak it but I would like to make the charts as good as possible before they start ruining it agian. What I mean is, I would like to save the settings for bars, lines etc (thickness, borders, colours) in the user-defined chart so I could be sure that they have the correct settings every time, even if they change the chart-type or add more serie. Seems like I have to use a VBA-approach. Btw, do you know if 2007 handles this any differently? -- Fredrik E. Nilsen |
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User-defined charts
On Tue, 12 Dec 2006 17:29:47 -0500, "Jon Peltier"
wrote: Excel 2007 handles chart formatting in VBA nominally the same as in 2003, although you may find some minor differences. Thanks again, but I guess I was a bit unclear. What I meant was: Do you know if 2007 handles user-defined charts any differently? -- Fredrik E. Nilsen |
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User-defined charts
I suspect for backwards compatibility there may be similar functionality, at
least through VBA. In the UI, there is a new chart template capability, which I haven't had the chance to try out. Are you planning to upgrade? - Jon ------- Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP Tutorials and Custom Solutions http://PeltierTech.com _______ "Fredrik E. Nilsen" wrote in message ... On Tue, 12 Dec 2006 17:29:47 -0500, "Jon Peltier" wrote: Excel 2007 handles chart formatting in VBA nominally the same as in 2003, although you may find some minor differences. Thanks again, but I guess I was a bit unclear. What I meant was: Do you know if 2007 handles user-defined charts any differently? -- Fredrik E. Nilsen |
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On Tue, 12 Dec 2006 22:35:22 -0500, "Jon Peltier"
wrote: I suspect for backwards compatibility there may be similar functionality, at least through VBA. In the UI, there is a new chart template capability, which I haven't had the chance to try out. Are you planning to upgrade? The customer in this project is considering to upgrade. They make several reports every day with lots of charts in each report. One of their main goals is to achieve consistant formatting througout all the charts, without spending too much time and without letting the users have to format it manually. If this is easier with 2007, it may be an argument for upgrading. -- Fredrik E. Nilsen |
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User-defined charts
They should not at this time upgrade only because of charting. There are
other features which may make the upgrade attractive (more rows and columns, enhanced formatting, the new table feature, and more), but charting has not progressed beyond Excel 2003. - Jon ------- Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP Tutorials and Custom Solutions http://PeltierTech.com _______ "Fredrik E. Nilsen" wrote in message ... On Tue, 12 Dec 2006 22:35:22 -0500, "Jon Peltier" wrote: I suspect for backwards compatibility there may be similar functionality, at least through VBA. In the UI, there is a new chart template capability, which I haven't had the chance to try out. Are you planning to upgrade? The customer in this project is considering to upgrade. They make several reports every day with lots of charts in each report. One of their main goals is to achieve consistant formatting througout all the charts, without spending too much time and without letting the users have to format it manually. If this is easier with 2007, it may be an argument for upgrading. -- Fredrik E. Nilsen |
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User-defined charts
On Wed, 13 Dec 2006 13:05:23 -0500, "Jon Peltier"
wrote: They should not at this time upgrade only because of charting. There are other features which may make the upgrade attractive (more rows and columns, enhanced formatting, the new table feature, and more), but charting has not progressed beyond Excel 2003. Thanks for clearifying. I know about some of the other features but these are not their main concern. The most important reasons are the other office-programs (Word, Outlook, PowerPoint). Easier and more consistant formatting of charts could be something that make their decision easier. -- Fredrik E. Nilsen |
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