The chart needs to be selected, as Jon stated.
But for me the tooltip appears without the actual series being selected.

Cheers
Andy

John wrote:
I have both those options checked. Strange... I actually have to select the
series and then hover... which I don't want to have to do

"Andy Pope" wrote:


Hi,

Check the options,
Show chart element names on hover
Show data point values on hover

Office button Excel Options Advanced Display section.

Cheers
Andy

John wrote:

In 2003 I used to be able to hover over a data point on a chart and it would
give me the value... in 2007 it seems I am not able to do that... is that
correct? how can I see the data point value on my chart without double
clicking on it... want to just hover over it

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Andy Pope, Microsoft MVP - Excel
http://www.andypope.info


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Andy Pope, Microsoft MVP - Excel
http://www.andypope.info