Can links between Excel 2003 Pivot Charts and their pivot table b.

[Mark Allen]

Can links between Excel 2003 Pivot Charts and their pivot table be turned off
or on? I am trying to show pivot charts for each page variable and if any
formating is changed in one of the charts they all revert back to the default
chart formatting.

[Debra Dalgleish]

Loss of formatting is a known problem with pivot charts. There's
information in the following MSKB article, suggests recording a macro as
you apply the formatting:

XL2000: Changing a PivotChart Removes Series Formatting
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=215904

Or, you could create a normal chart from the data. On Jon Peltier's
site, there are instructions for creating a normal chart from pivot data:

http://www.peltiertech.com/Excel/Pivots/pivotcharts.htm

Mark Allen wrote:
> Can links between Excel 2003 Pivot Charts and their pivot table be turned off
> or on? I am trying to show pivot charts for each page variable and if any
> formating is changed in one of the charts they all revert back to the default
> chart formatting.


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Debra Dalgleish
Excel FAQ, Tips & Book List
http://www.contextures.com/tiptech.html

[Jon Peltier]

Mark -

You could copy the original chart as a picture, and paste this into the
worksheet, then continue making changes in the original.

To copy a chart as a picture: Hold Shift while selecting the Edit menu,
then select Copy Picture. I prefer the On Screen (twice) and As Picture
options.

I also prefer working with regular charts. Pivot charts cause more work
for me with their strange behavior than they save me by pivoting.

- Jon
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Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
Peltier Technical Services
Tutorials and Custom Solutions
http://PeltierTech.com/
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Mark Allen wrote:

> Can links between Excel 2003 Pivot Charts and their pivot table be turned off
> or on? I am trying to show pivot charts for each page variable and if any
> formating is changed in one of the charts they all revert back to the default
> chart formatting.