AHHHHHHH I see. Thank you for clearing up a mystery.

"Debra Dalgleish" wrote:

> This is a known problem with pivot charts. There's information in the
> following MSKB article, which suggests recording a macro as you apply
> the formatting:
>
> Changing a PivotChart removes series formatting in Excel
> http://support.microsoft.com/?id=215904
>
>
> Stilla wrote:
> > Hello: I'm stumped!
> >
> > I have some charts whose source data comes from pivot tables. I have
> > customized the formatting. Everytime I refresh the pivot data, I lose the
> > chart formatting and it reverts to the default.
> >
> > Is there anyway of preventing this while keeping the pivot tables "live?"
> >
> > thanks
>
>
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> Debra Dalgleish
> Excel FAQ, Tips & Book List
> http://www.contextures.com/tiptech.html
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