Excel X crashes when creating costum Y error bars in graphs

[Sacha]

The latest Excel X quits untexpectedly 80% of the time with Mac OS
10.2.4 when attempting to create custom Y error bars in histogram
plots. Is this a known issue and can it be resolved? Thanks.

[Jim Gordon]

Hi

Things to do (in this order)

Install this update:
http://www.microsoft.com/mac/DOWNLOAD/OFFICEX/OfficeX_1012.asp

Run Jaguar's Disk Utility and repair permissions.

If these steps don't fix the problem, try (with all office applications
turned completely off) deleting Excel's preferences. Empty the trash before
starting Excel.

-Jim Gordon
Mac MVP

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[Sacha]

Thank you for your reply. I have updated Excel to 10.1.3 and deleted
the preferences. It seemed to help a little, but it still crashes. I
observed this with 2 different computers, which makes me believe it is
a problem with the software. You should just try the following
example:

A B C
Data1 12 33 34
Data2 32 66 12

Errordata1 3 6 4
Errordata2 2 4 5

Create a column graph with Data1 and Data2 as series (= rows, with ABC
on X axis). Double-clic the Data1 series in the graph and select the
three cells with values from "Errordata1" as your costum Y error bar.
For me and this other user, Excel almost always crashes. If it does
not crash for you, please try it again a few times (mine too works
sometimes).

Good luck,

Sacha.

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