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Charts not updating when data is updated

Anonymous
2022-03-30T20:47:14+00:00

Hello,

I have built an Excel dashboard template that has 46 charts referencing cells in a table on the same worksheet. I made a slight change to the cells the charts reference for the title of the charts (the questions in a survey) to remove the question number. Of the 46 charts, 16 of them are not updating with the new title. I have tried Fn-9 to recalculate the whole workbook, Fn-Shift-9 to recalculate the worksheet, I have saved as and reopened, restarted my computer and reopened Excel, and nothing seems to update the charts. I made sure the Excel settings have calculation options set to "Automatic" and "recalculate workbook before saving" is also checked. This is maddening.

I am using Excel for Mac v16.59 on a Macbook Pro with MacOS Monterey 12.2.1.

Can anyone help me figure out how to get these charts to update? Thank you in advance for your help!

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  1. Jim G 134K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2022-04-14T19:18:40+00:00

    All I can think of is there might be some corruption in the workbook. But that's only a guess.

    You might try saving a copy of the workbook using File > Save As and choose the old .xls file format. Then Quit Excel and re-open the workbook. Use File > Save As a second time and switch the file format back to current .xlsx file format. Sometimes changing formats like this purges workbooks of strange behaviors.

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