11.2.3 problem--Chart default work around no longer working! Any solutions?

[stedman]

Alas, with 11.2.3, we're back being stuck with the grey background for
charts. If I follow the steps I came up with for earlier versions, one
ends up with blank, all-white charts without any data points or bars!

See
http://groups.google.com/group/[email protected]&rnum=1&hl=en#5e6cf6ba14390ad8

The only way to restore the data points/bars is to return to default
formatting... and then the charts are grey background, shadowed
(looking blurry), solid gridlines, etc. In short, Excel's defaults
violate basic graphing principles.

Does anyone know how to change the defaults permanently?

And how would we change the defaults of Font "Auto scale" and charts
"Move and size with cells"? Both are a major nuisance.

 

[stedman]

Repeated the directions, step by step, and they're back working!

Don't know what I did before... I think the key is opening up the
default Workbook template directly and working with it.

But, alas, it still doesn't seem to change the defaults for charts to
"Don't move or size with cells"! And one cannot remove the outer frame
of charts by default.

Still, it's a major improvement as one can produce aesthetically
interesting charts automatically; and with the color sequence one
prefers!