If you embed the chart in a worksheet, or retain the chart sheet but do not
scale it with the window frame (Tools Options Chart tab), you should be
able to reduce the distortion to the minimum amount due to factors other
than monitor size and aspect ratio.

A1: I don't know diddly about custom views.

A2: Excel 2007 provides nothing more for charts than previous versions,
except for an enhanced ability to apply gaudy formatting.

- Jon
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Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
Peltier Technical Services, Inc.
http://PeltierTech.com/WordPress/
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"monir" wrote in message
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Hello;

There's a good chance that some might have already posted this question
(including myself!), but I couldn't find any related threads in this forum
directly addressing the problem.

Suppose you've a 2D chart displaying the fuselage of an airplane nicely
proportional on the Full Screen of your desktop monitor.
You copy the w/b to your laptop (with the same XL 2003) and the display is
completely out of proportion because of the different aspect ratio of the
screen.

Q1: Instead of Full Screen display, would a Custom View help in
maintaining
the aspect ratio of the 2D plot regardless of monitor size ??

Q2: Does XL 2007 provide options for specifying the physical dimensions of
the chart area and/or plot area ??

Your expert reply would be greatly appreciated.

Regards.