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You cannot select the Automatic option when you try to change the gridline color of a chart in Microsoft Office Excel 2007

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Symptoms

You open a file that contains gridlines in Microsoft Office Excel 2007, and you try to change the gridline color under Line Color in the Format Major Gridlines dialog box. However, you cannot select the Automatic option, and the Line Color setting reverts back to the Solid Line setting.

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Workaround

To work around this problem, you can change the border color to automatic by using the Format Shape dialog box in Excel 2007. To do this, follow these steps:
  1. Click the chart in Excel 2007.
  2. Under Chart Tools, click Format.
  3. Next to Shape Styles, click Format Shape.
  4. In the Format Axis dialog box, click Line Color, click Automatic, and then click Close.

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Status

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.

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Keywords: KB930073, kbexpertiseinter, kbprb, kbhowto

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Article Info
Article ID : 930073
Revision : 3
Created on : 10/15/2007
Published on : 10/15/2007
Exists online : False
Views : 247