XL2000: Data Labels Misplaced with Bar Charts

Some labels appear to the left of the vertical (x) axis and outside the plot area of a Microsoft Excel bar chart. This symptom may occur on the screen or when you print your chart.

This behavior occurs when the following conditions are true:

• You create a standard clustered bar chart (the default bar chart) or a custom outdoors bar chart.
  
  -and-
• The values in your data series have a large variance, that is, the series contains both small and large values.
  
  -and-
• You choose to display data labels on your chart.
  
  -and-
  • You choose not to display the value (y) axis.
    
    -or-
  • You resize your chart after creating it.

To resolve this problem, obtain Microsoft Office 2000 Service Release 1/1a (SR-1/SR-1a).

To obtain SR-1/SR-1a, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was corrected in Microsoft Office 2000 SR-1/SR-1a.