Copying and 'unlinking' a chart
 

Is there a way of copyiong a chart from one workbook to another and
'unlinking' it, such that it does not update from the original worksheet if
the original data is changed. Does it need to be copied as a picture or
similar??

Thanks in advance.

Copying and 'unlinking' a chart
 

I think if you copy that chart normally, but paste as a picture, you'll be set.

select the chart
edit|copy
go to the other location
Shift-Edit|Paste picture


rmellison wrote:

Is there a way of copyiong a chart from one workbook to another and
'unlinking' it, such that it does not update from the original worksheet if
the original data is changed. Does it need to be copied as a picture or
similar??

Thanks in advance.

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Dave Peterson

Copying and 'unlinking' a chart
 

Thanks Dave. I had posted the same question in Excel Charts newsgroup and the
suggestion had already been put forward. It works, but unfortunately once
copied as a pic you can't edit as an excel chart (axis and font size etc).
Currently trying to adapt a macro from Jon Peltier's site (link below for
anyone interested) to work for my scenario. It delinks the data from the
worksheet whilst keeping the chart as an excel object.

http://peltiertech.com/Excel/ChartsH...ChartData.html

Thanks again




"Dave Peterson" wrote:

I think if you copy that chart normally, but paste as a picture, you'll be set.

select the chart
edit|copy
go to the other location
Shift-Edit|Paste picture


rmellison wrote:

Is there a way of copyiong a chart from one workbook to another and
'unlinking' it, such that it does not update from the original worksheet if
the original data is changed. Does it need to be copied as a picture or
similar??

Thanks in advance.

--

Dave Peterson