Thread: Grayed-out chart

I'm using Excel as part of MS Office 2003. I encountered a strange problem after adding a worksheet to an existing workbook. On the new worksheet, I entered some data and used the chart wizard to create a chart. The chart was fine but it grayed out when I clicked on a worksheet cell -- the chart displays ONLY when I click inside the chart borders, otherwise it's a gray rectangle.

Using the same process, I created charts on the other worksheets within the workbook and got the same result. I repeated the process on other workbooks and I did NOT have the same problem.

Based on the above, I assume that I changed a setting on the problematic workbook to create the "gray chart" effect.

Any ideas?

Thank you for the welcome and thanks for the assistance -- it worked and all is well. I'm a bit confused as to why the "Show placeholders" radio button was checked instead of the "Show all" button but I suppose it's moot now. The important point is the learning experience.

Thanks again,

radrian