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Why Does Excel 2007 not allow the entry of a date in the Axis Opti
I am attempting to enter a date to set the Min and/or Max value in the Axis
Options in a Line Chart. This is for the Vertical Axis. When I enter a date ex 1/18/10 or 1/18/2010 in the Axis Options in a Line Chart on the vertical axis, the value reverts to the original date code 40181.0 which is 1/3/10. I used to be able to enter a date here and it would convert it. How Can I get this to do it. Am I entering the information wrong. My older version of excel (2002) I could even enter just the month and day if I wanted the current year. ex 1/18 would have been sufficient and the information was converted to the date number. Does anyone know of a for sure fix yet??? SP2 did NOT fix this! Thanks for any assistance! Mark |
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Why Does Excel 2007 not allow the entry of a date in the Axis Opti
This is a know bug. Workaround:
In a blank cell in worksheet enter the date you want to use as a scale limit Format this General (you will get a 5-digit number like 40199) Type this number in the Format Axis dialog The good news: it is fixed in Excel 2010 best wishes -- Bernard Liengme Microsoft Excel MVP http://people.stfx.ca/bliengme "MarkG" wrote in message ... I am attempting to enter a date to set the Min and/or Max value in the Axis Options in a Line Chart. This is for the Vertical Axis. When I enter a date ex 1/18/10 or 1/18/2010 in the Axis Options in a Line Chart on the vertical axis, the value reverts to the original date code 40181.0 which is 1/3/10. I used to be able to enter a date here and it would convert it. How Can I get this to do it. Am I entering the information wrong. My older version of excel (2002) I could even enter just the month and day if I wanted the current year. ex 1/18 would have been sufficient and the information was converted to the date number. Does anyone know of a for sure fix yet??? SP2 did NOT fix this! Thanks for any assistance! Mark |
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