Hi,

I am not seeing that problem. If I apply a pattern to a saved file it
recognizes the need to save when closing.

What I have found is that certainly elements of the chart no longer get
recognized as valid selections. I'm wondering if this is a result of the
recent hoxfixes.
I will have to research more and update as necessary.

Cheers
Andy

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Andy Pope, Microsoft MVP - Excel
http://www.andypope.info
"Tammy" wrote in message
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Hi Andy,

Thank you so much for your add-in for patterns! It works great! One thing
I've come across:

If I add a pattern to a chart, forget to save, and just close the file -
Excel does not prompt me to save my changes. It's as if it doesn't
recognize
using the patterns button.

Have you noticed this? Any fixes? Thanks, again!

"Andy Pope" wrote:

Hi,

I have an add-in to do patterns.
http://www.andypope.info/charts/patternfills.htm

Cheers
Andy

Tammy wrote:
Hi Jon,

Do you know if there is any third party software available to add
patterns
to Excel 2007 charts?

Thanks!

"Jon Peltier" wrote:


Excel 2007 doesn't use these patterns anymore. Did you really find them
useful in Excel 2003? They printed at such a fine resolution that
different
patters were indistinguishable from one another.

- Jon
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Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
Tutorials and Custom Solutions
http://PeltierTech.com
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"Jian" wrote in message
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Is there anyway that I can fill a bar/column chart with patterns as I
can
do
with Excel 2003?

I know that MicroSoft removed this feature in Excel 2007. But I don't
understand why they do it. Lots of academic journals prefers black and
white
charts than shaded or charts with gradient. Also, it's hard to tell
one
series of data from another series if they are printed in black and
white.

Any help is appreciated.