Locking exact graph size

cuubaa

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Hello!

I have a worksheet with simple graph and a table. The graph size is exacly the same as the table, so that both the Y axis and last major gridline are in line with table borders. Now every now and then it all gets messed up and the graph moves a few pixels left or right (dont know why, I do not change column size). Is there any way of locking the chart size and position to prevent this? (or a macro to i.e. align plot area with certain columns)'

Thank you,

cuubaa
 

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I don't know how to fix chart size (I'm sure someone else will though), but one thing that always mucks up my chart formatting is auto-size on axis labels/chart labels. If they're on, sometimes they decide to auto-size for no reason, and suddenly my two identical graphs don't match any more.
 
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Thanks Sal Paradise, but that didn't help.

Whats even worse, now I see that even when the chart is perfecly aligned on the screen it gets few pixels off on the printout :mad: I have no idea why
 
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There are a million reasons for it.

Depending on how often it changes/you need to print it, one thing to consider is pasting it along with the table as an image (enhanced metafile) into PowerPoint and ungroup it. Then you can use the Drawing Tools to manipulate elements individually rather than as a whole. It can be much much easier to do, but the data (obviously) won't update anymore.
 
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Yes thats the problem, these worksheets are printed and updated on a daily basis, and theere is quite a few of them so it would take a lot of time to either put it all in ppt or adjust these few pixels each time.
I guess I will just have to live with this ;) thanks for help
 
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