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Fishmidi
Flightless Bird
Bob,
I'm receiving something similar. When INSERT CHART is clicked and PIE is
selected, I receive "YOu must first close open dialogue boxes or CANCEL
EDITING MODE IN EXCEL"...after clicking ok on this, I receive the error
message about Combine Charts and pick another one...
I think there possibly might still be EXCEL 2003 on system; however, when
I'm working on this particular project, NOTHING else is open. Thanks, Fishmidi
"Bob Buckland ?
" wrote:
> Hi Dratino,
>
> What appears to be happening in this case is that Excel (which runs the chart engine for Office 2007) doesn't have a built in error
> message for the problem and the one you're seeing is the one it uses.
>
> In some of the cases where this one has come up it seems to have to do with a corrupted profile folder or permissions.
>
> See if the steps here from Mark Has, posted in the Excel charting discussion group (link below) help.
>
> =========
> Mark has
> "Had this problem as well.
>
> Not sure if its the exact same one.
>
> I was able to insert charts with all other user accounts except my own.
>
> If you can do that, then its likely that its the same issue.
>
> This is what I did to fix it.
>
> <Disclaimer: be prepared to re-enter any application settings you have had before!>
>
> 1. Log in a local Admin - Very IMPORTANT!
>
> 2. Navigate to 'Documents and Settings'
>
> 3. Locate the problematic user account folder i.e. the one that is giving the chart error above...
>
> 4. BACK IT UP (to another drive)
>
> 5. Confirm back up done... then delete everything in that user account - all files and folders.
>
> What this does effectively is wiping out all Local Settings for that user account (and any cache that Office has created, so
> beware!)
>
> 6. Log out as local Admin and log in as the user that had the chart problem. Windows will now initiate a new clean setup for the
> user (basically it takes parameters from 'default user')
>
> 7. At this point launch excel and do a simple list and try creating the chart.
> This worked for me... hope it does for you. >>
> ==================
> <<"Dratino" <Dratino@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:C7590BE6-6834-48E5-9BA1-C9F927FDBB89@microsoft.com...
> Tried starting new document, saving immediately and using Insert -> Chart. I
> am able to click on the button, the Insert Chart window appears, but upon
> selecting any chart and pressing "ok", the same message appears.
>
> "Some chart types cannot be combined with other chart types. Select a
> different chart type."
>
> And no, I have only Office 2007 installed.
>
> And yes, I get the same results after running Office Diagnostic. No errors
> were detected with Diagnostic. <<
> --
> Please let us know if this has helped,
>
> Bob Buckland ?
> MS Office System Products MVP
>
> >>*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends<<
>
> LINKS
> A. Specific newsgroup/discussion group mentioned in this message:
> news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.excel.charting
> or via browser:
> http://microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/?dg=microsoft.public.excel.charting
>
> B. MS Office Community discussion/newsgroups via Web Browser
> http://microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx
> or
> Microsoft hosted newsgroups via Outlook Express/newsreader
> news://msnews.microsoft.com
>
>
>
>
I'm receiving something similar. When INSERT CHART is clicked and PIE is
selected, I receive "YOu must first close open dialogue boxes or CANCEL
EDITING MODE IN EXCEL"...after clicking ok on this, I receive the error
message about Combine Charts and pick another one...
I think there possibly might still be EXCEL 2003 on system; however, when
I'm working on this particular project, NOTHING else is open. Thanks, Fishmidi
"Bob Buckland ?
" wrote:> Hi Dratino,
>
> What appears to be happening in this case is that Excel (which runs the chart engine for Office 2007) doesn't have a built in error
> message for the problem and the one you're seeing is the one it uses.
>
> In some of the cases where this one has come up it seems to have to do with a corrupted profile folder or permissions.
>
> See if the steps here from Mark Has, posted in the Excel charting discussion group (link below) help.
>
> =========
> Mark has
> "Had this problem as well.
>
> Not sure if its the exact same one.
>
> I was able to insert charts with all other user accounts except my own.
>
> If you can do that, then its likely that its the same issue.
>
> This is what I did to fix it.
>
> <Disclaimer: be prepared to re-enter any application settings you have had before!>
>
> 1. Log in a local Admin - Very IMPORTANT!
>
> 2. Navigate to 'Documents and Settings'
>
> 3. Locate the problematic user account folder i.e. the one that is giving the chart error above...
>
> 4. BACK IT UP (to another drive)
>
> 5. Confirm back up done... then delete everything in that user account - all files and folders.
>
> What this does effectively is wiping out all Local Settings for that user account (and any cache that Office has created, so
> beware!)
>
> 6. Log out as local Admin and log in as the user that had the chart problem. Windows will now initiate a new clean setup for the
> user (basically it takes parameters from 'default user')
>
> 7. At this point launch excel and do a simple list and try creating the chart.
> This worked for me... hope it does for you. >>
> ==================
> <<"Dratino" <Dratino@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:C7590BE6-6834-48E5-9BA1-C9F927FDBB89@microsoft.com...
> Tried starting new document, saving immediately and using Insert -> Chart. I
> am able to click on the button, the Insert Chart window appears, but upon
> selecting any chart and pressing "ok", the same message appears.
>
> "Some chart types cannot be combined with other chart types. Select a
> different chart type."
>
> And no, I have only Office 2007 installed.
>
> And yes, I get the same results after running Office Diagnostic. No errors
> were detected with Diagnostic. <<
> --
> Please let us know if this has helped,
>
> Bob Buckland ?
> MS Office System Products MVP
>
> >>*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends<<
>
> LINKS
> A. Specific newsgroup/discussion group mentioned in this message:
> news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.excel.charting
> or via browser:
> http://microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/?dg=microsoft.public.excel.charting
>
> B. MS Office Community discussion/newsgroups via Web Browser
> http://microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx
> or
> Microsoft hosted newsgroups via Outlook Express/newsreader
> news://msnews.microsoft.com
>
>
>
>