XL98: Chart Is Opened More Slowly Than in Earlier Versions

• Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition

SYMPTOMS

When you open a workbook that contains a chart, Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition may open the workbook more slowly than earlier versions of Microsoft Excel open the same workbook. The performance may be 20 percent to 50 percent slower in Microsoft Excel 98 than in earlier versions.

CAUSE

This behavior occurs because a chart you create in Microsoft Excel 98 can contain more axis labels, consequently, the chart may contain more information and require more time to be opened.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition.

MORE INFORMATION

A chart you create in Microsoft Excel 98 can rotate label text by 45 degrees, which allows the chart to have more axis labels than a chart you create in earlier versions of Microsoft Excel. X-axis label text is automatically rotated by 45 degrees if Microsoft Excel determines that the text cannot fit in the chart without being truncated.

When you open a workbook that contains a chart created in an earlier version of Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Excel 98 opens the workbook more slowly because Excel draws more chart information to the screen. For example, a column chart with four x-axis labels may contain up to ten x- axis labels when you open the chart in Microsoft Excel 98.

REFERENCES

For more information about new features in Microsoft Excel 98, click the Office Assistant, type What's new, click Search, and then click to view "What's new in Microsoft Excel 98?"

NOTE: If the Assistant is hidden, click the Office Assistant button on the Standard toolbar. If Microsoft Help is not installed on your computer, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q179216 OFF98: How to Use the Microsoft Office Installer Program

Additional query words: redraw update calculate XL98 slow

Keywords : kbualink97 kbdta kbchart
Version : MACINTOSH:98
Platform : MACINTOSH
Issue type : kbbug