Formatting data labels in pie chart

[Lino]

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: Intel

Hi guys,

it looks stupid but i´m trying to make a simple pie chart in Excel 2008: (say, 3 cells -10,10,10) and i can`t get a simple pie chart formatted showing the values (33%, 33%,33% i guess) with the percentage sign (%). What i get when Labels as percent is selected is 33. (dot).

I did this in Excel Windows and everything works fine. Opening it in Mac produces the same result: No percentage sign. Just a simple dot.

Obviously i´m doing something wrong or some config in my mac is not right. Any help ?

ls

 

[CyberTaz]

Well, I'm not seeing anything like that here, nor have I seen it reported in
this group. The first concern ‹ since you didn't stipulate ‹ is whether
Office (12.2.1) & OS X (10.5.8) are fully updated. If not that could be at
least a part of the problem. Confirm that the updates are applied, that disk
permissions have been repaired & that you've restarted the Mac.

If the problem continues I would first suspect a corrupted font cache. Quit
any MS apps. Go to User> Library> Preferences> Microsoft> Office 2008 &
remove the file by the name of Office Font Cache (12). Launch Excel & see if
the issue persists. You may have to select None for the labels then select
Percent again in order to get the labels to refresh.

HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

 

[Lino]

Hi guys,

Thanks for reading. Issue solved with service pack 12.2.0. Not so familiar with SP´s anymore

ls

 

[CyberTaz]

Good to hear, but there's no need to miss out on updates Go to Help>
Check for Updates in any of the Office apps & set AutoUpdate to check
automatically Monthly, Daily or Weekly... Monthly should be adequate.

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac