Difficulty selecting chart source data ranges

Question

Hi,

I have had this problem appear after upgrading to office 365 and Windows 10 (note the problem is not in Excel 2016 and Excel 2010 which is still installed for now).

When you click on a chart, the data range shows as a blue outlined range (plus other for x axis but not important for now).

However, it is incredibly difficult to select this to move it. I hover the mouse over and need to move it around a lot until the cross changes to a move icon. It is very very hard to get the exact sweet spot. It really is ruining my whole experience with Excel since i use this function a lot.

Can anyone please help with this? Would be much appreciated.

Cheers

Answer 1

Hi Parth,

I did the above, but this didn't change the behavior at all.

Any other ideas anyone?

Cheers

Answer 2

Hello Marc,

Welcome to Microsoft Community and thank you for posting your query.

I suggest you to disable hardware graphics acceleration and check if it helps. To so kindly follow the below mentioned steps.

To disable hardware acceleration, follow these steps:

• Start Excel application.
• On the File tab, click Options.
• In the Options dialog box, click Advanced.
• In the list of available options, click to select the Disable hardware graphics acceleration check box.
• Click OK

If issue persist, you may update the Display driver from Device Manager manually and check if it works as expected.

• Press (Windows key + X) and click on “Device Manager.”
• Expand “Display Adaptor.”
• Right click on the video driver and select “Update Driver Software.” Once this is done, restart the computer and check if the issue persists.

I hope the above information helps. Let us know if you need further assistance.

Thank you.