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mikek - 01 Feb 2007 18:07 GMT

I am trying to add bars to a chart inported from excell. I cut & paste a
chart into a new slide for each bar added. there are 12 existing bars on the
chart, this is a montly year to year comparison. I have locked tha axes size
and position and tried everything i know to keep the chart aligned so it
gives the impression of each bar growing but it wants to keep expanding on
the right side.

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Ellen Finkelstein - 02 Feb 2007 02:52 GMT

It's not too clear to me exactly what you mean, but if you're trying to add
to the existing data, why not import the data rather than the chart, and then
add to it in PowerPoint?

Ellen

> I am trying to add bars to a chart inported from excell. I cut & paste a
> chart into a new slide for each bar added. there are 12 existing bars on the
> chart, this is a montly year to year comparison. I have locked tha axes size
> and position and tried everything i know to keep the chart aligned so it
> gives the impression of each bar growing but it wants to keep expanding on
> the right side.

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Echo S - 02 Feb 2007 16:50 GMT

I don't know that there's an easy way around this, mikek. It's a great
annoyance with MS Graph in both Excel and PowerPoint that you can't lock the
size of the axes or plot area -- for exactly the reason you're describing.

I'd probably create the last chart with the 12 bars, ungroup it, and then
make duplicates and delete the bars as necessary. Keep a copy of the
original chart, drag it off the edge of the slide, right-click choose Format
Object and size to 5% x 5% so it doesn't throw your view off when editing.
But that way you'll have the original handy if you must make changes. (This
all takes longer to describe than to actually do!)

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>I am trying to add bars to a chart inported from excell. I cut & paste a
> chart into a new slide for each bar added. there are 12 existing bars on
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> gives the impression of each bar growing but it wants to keep expanding on
> the right side.

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