Hi Jon,
The problem I have is that on one machine the markers are a Circle and on
another machine they are shown as a circle with a cross thru it. Both
machines have the same version of Excel. and all other variables are set the
same. However I have solved (sort of) the problem by setting the forground
color to 'no color' on the graph and the machines showing the cross just have
it as a circle now.
thank you for your time.


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Lis


"Jon Peltier" wrote:

> This is rather old information:
>
> REFERENCES
> "Microsoft Excel User's Guide 1," version 4.0, Pages 481-485
> "Microsoft Excel User's Guide," version 3.0, Pages 486-491
>
> The latest version of Excel is Excel 2003, or Excel 11.0.
>
> If you double click on a series and click on the Patterns tab, you have
> the option to change the size of the data marker.
>
> The default markers are the same in all "modern" versions of Excel
> (since '97), but the technique offered in the article you cite can be
> used to use any shape as a series' markers:
>
> - draw a shape or otherwise acquire a potential marker
> - copy the marker
> - select an individual point or an entire series
> - use Paste from the Edit menu, or Ctrl+V
>
> - Jon
> -------
> Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
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>
>
> Lis wrote:
>
> > A workmate with the same version of Excel has a different set of data markers
> > available. I found the article below that says alternate patterns and styles
> > are available - but didn't say where - can anyone help?
> >
> > This article was previously published under Q97589
> > SUMMARY
> > Data markers on xy (scatter), line, and radar charts have a fixed size in
> > all versions of Microsoft Excel (although alternate patterns and styles are
> > available). However, there is a technique you can use to replace the current
> > data markers with objects of a different size.
> >
>