Setting custom chart causes plot area to collapse
 

Hi,

When i make a chart template and set it as a user-defined default
chart, and press F11 to apply it to a selection, the chart appears with
the plot area collapsed to a thin line along the axis.
When i re-start excel, this also applies to other charts, not only to
the one made by F11 - even in the preview of the chart wizard, charts
appear as a thin horizontal line.
The only way i can make charts then is to copy a previous one and
change its data - very time consuming!
Do you know what could be the problem, and how to fix it?
thanks!