Large Charts Cause Instability

[pmjboyle]

Hi,

I'm plotting a few different variables along a relatively long X axis (1000
cells).

At first, the chart seems to behave properly, but after I adjust a few
elements, the memory footprint explodes (from ~70MB to ~160 in a few seconds).

This appears to be especially problematic when I click on one of the data
sets.

This was never a problem with Excel 2003... Is anyone else having trouble
with large XY plots?

Patrick

 

[Jon Peltier]

This was never a problem with Excel 2003... Is anyone else having trouble

with large XY plots?

If you mean in Excel 2007, yes, many people have reported issues with
charting. Typically the complaint is slowness, and there is a hotfix that
somewhat alleviates it (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/938538). I haven't
heard about the huge file sizes, but that could be the flip side of the
problem.

- Jon

 

[pmjboyle]

This might be a stupid question, but once I navigate to the hotfix page, how
do I go about downloading and installing it?

From that page:
"To resolve this problem immediately, contact Microsoft Customer Support
Services to obtain the hotfix."

Does this mean I have to contact Microsoft and ask for the hotfix directly?

Thanks for the help.
Patrick

 

[Jon Peltier]

Does this mean I have to contact Microsoft and ask for the hotfix

directly?

Yes. Talk to the nice support person, and they'll email a link for you to
download the file.

- Jon