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XL2000: Background Turns Black When You Paste an Object into the Floor of a 3-D Chart

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Symptoms

When you paste an object into the floor of a three-dimensional (3-D) chart, the background color of the floor may turn black.

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Cause

This problem occurs when you set the Area pattern of the floor to None before you paste the object in the chart.

NOTE: If you select the floor of the chart and press DELETE, you set the Area pattern to None by default.

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Workaround

To paste an object into the floor of a 3-D chart and prevent the background floor color from turning black, do not set the Area pattern of the floor to None before you paste the object.

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Status

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a bug in Microsoft Excel 2000.

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References

For more information about adding pictures to charts, click Microsoft Excel Help on the Help menu, type use a picture in a chart in the Office Assistant or the Answer Wizard, and then click Search to view the topic.

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Keywords: KB212229, kbpending, kbchart, kbbug

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Article Info
Article ID : 212229
Revision : 4
Created on : 11/5/2003
Published on : 11/5/2003
Exists online : False
Views : 230