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    Chart Context Menu Help

    Hello All,

    I have been moved over to Excel 2010 at work and I noticed that I am missing a very important piece of the Chart Context Menu called "Show Data Sheet". We have chart libraries that it is very helpful to simply right click into the context menu and show the data sheet when we want to dig into the data...now with Excel 2010 we can't. It is hidden somewhere else? I have a hard time believing that Microsoft deleted such a feature...

    Here is what I saw with 2003:
    2003 Context Menu.gif

    Now with 2010:
    2010 Context Menu.gif

    Thoughts or suggestions?

    Many thanks!
    Matt

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    Re: Chart Context Menu Help

    'show data sheet' is not a standard excel command. what addins did you have installed?
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    Hello Joseph,

    Sorry, you are right, I was lead to believe this was "standard". I just went and talked to the file Owners and they showed me the code they used to create this command. Then they tell me that it isn't possible in 2010 to edit the context menus like it was in 2003. Is this true?

    Here is the code they used in the sheet:

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    Sorry, some of it is in German.

    Can this be done in 2010??

    Thanks,
    Matt

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    Re: Chart Context Menu Help

    yes it can be done in 2010 (but not 2007)-see this page for examples: http://www.rondebruin.nl/contextmenu.htm

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    Re: Chart Context Menu Help

    Thanks for the hint! I will run it past the owners of the file.

    Cheers,
    Matt

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    Re: Chart Context Menu Help

    Hi Again Joseph,

    I showed the owner of the file and he actually said he was aware of this approach....but he said it only works with the cell context menu, not the chart context menu....any sources that show how to do this on the chart context menu for Excel 2010??

    Cheers,
    Matt

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    Re: Chart Context Menu Help

    the developer is wrong. there are in fact several context menus for chart items (plot area, chart area and so on) all accessible using the CustomUI. try the attached example-right click the chart area.
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    Hi Joseph,

    Thanks for your continued follow-up. I really appreciate it. I did as you suggested, but I don't see anything different or a pop up....

    rightclickchartarea.gif

    Perhaps there is some standard setting in our set up that is not allowing it??

    Cheers,
    Matt

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    Re: Chart Context Menu Help

    you right-clicked the plot area, not the chart area (outside the plot area)

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    Re: Chart Context Menu Help

    You are absolutely right, my bad.....though I still don't see anything different:

    rightclickchartarea.gif

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    shoot-looks like I uploaded the wrong version of the file. try this one.
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    Re: Chart Context Menu Help

    Brilliant! I am going to send it to the developer and see what he says now!

    Thanks for your help Joseph and patience!

    I will let you know.

    Cheers,
    Matt

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