Format of Error Bars Excel 2003

[d.braunholtz]

This looks like a problem with my particular implementation of Excel, but here goes anyway. I have put hi and lo error bars (custom) on a barchart, but they appear either as simple vertical lines, or (bizarrely) as Ts one way and line the other (I want Ts up and down, of course). This doesn't seem to be under my control - varies apparently randomly, when I remove & re-apply the bars.

I found some instructions on web by Jon Peltier about formatting the appearance of the error bars, which seems to be the answer, but I could not find out how to launch the relevant menu window.

When I double click or right click on an actual bar, excel closes down with an error message:

AppName: excel.exe AppVer: 11.0.8307.0 AppStamp:49ee85df
ModName: excel.exe ModVer: 11.0.8307.0 ModStamp:49ee85df
fDebug: 0 Offset: 0083d111

(etc)

Any help appreciated !