MacXL: Cannot Add a Data Table to Some Charts (181660)

SYMPTOMS

When you create a chart and click Chart Options on the Chart menu, the Data Table tab does not appear, and you cannot add a data table to the chart.

CAUSE

Data tables are available only in the following charts:

Column
Bar
Line
Area
Stock

Data tables are not available for the following charts:

Pie
Xy (scatter)
Doughnut
Radar
Surface
Bubble

MORE INFORMATION

A data table you add to a chart is a grid that contains the numeric data you used to create the chart. Each row in the data table represents a data series. The data table is usually attached to the category axis of the chart and replaces the tick-mark labels on the category axis.

To add a data table to a chart, follow these steps:

Click the embedded chart or click the chart sheet.
On the Chart menu, click Chart Options.
On the Data Table tab, click to select the Show data table check box.
Click OK.

If you click Data Table on the Chart toolbar, Excel adds a data table if the chart does not contain a data table, or removes the data table if the chart already contains one.

NOTE: If you activate a chart type that does not support data tables, the button on the Chart toolbar is disabled.

REFERENCES

For more information about data tables in Excel 2001, click the Office Assistant, type change the display of chart data tables, click Search, and then click a topic to view it.

NOTE: If the Assistant is hidden, click the Office Assistant button on the Standard toolbar.

In Excel 98, click Contents And Index on the Help menu (or on the Balloon Help menu if you are using a version of the Macintosh operating system earlier than 8.0), click the Index button in Microsoft Excel Help, type the following text

data tables, charts

and then click Show Topics. Select the "Display or hide a data table in a chart" topic and click Go To. If you are unable to find the information you need, ask the Office Assistant.