Excel 2007 : Problem printing Excel 2002 charts in Excel 2007

**jrsyangl** · 06-02-2009, 05:46 PM

After upgrading from Excel 2002 to 2007, the charts that I had made in 2002 no longer print full page as they did with 2002. I do not want to resize all my charts in the worksheets, I just want them to scale to full page when printing in Excel 2007 as they did in Excel 2002. I tried different printers, and different options in the print dialog to no avail. Any help would be appreciated.

**Andy Pope** · 06-03-2009, 06:23 AM

Check this list but I think the feature you want has gone.
http://blogs.msdn.com/excel/archive/...28/724641.aspx

**jrsyangl** · 06-03-2009, 09:35 AM

Andy,
Thanks for the link. I did not find exactly what I am talking about, but from the tenor of the list, I agree that printing a chart scaled to a full printed sheet is probably gone. I can understand not making it the default, but not being able to do it optionally, is hard to understand for a supposed "upgrade".
My follow-up question is: Is there a way to "un-upgrade" back to Excel 2002? For my purposes, there are no compelling new features in Excel 2007. The "upgrade" process seems to have removed any remnants of the old version. I have backups, but I'm not sure what to restore.

Thanks for your help.

**Andy Pope** · 06-04-2009, 05:03 AM

When upgrading you are given the option to dual install, that is leave current version intact, so I must assume you said no to that

If you have a valid licence and the media you can reinstall your previous version of Excel.

**jrsyangl** · 06-04-2009, 07:40 PM

Andy,
I guess I never thought that there would be a need for Excel 2002 after "upgrading" to 2007. Not only is the lack of full page chart printing a problem for me, I now also find that Print Preview for charts is not always accurate. Overall, the charting in 2007 is a major disappointment for me. I found my old 2002 CDs; let's hope they work. Anyway, thanks for your help.
Lou