I have downloaded your Excel Chart Cleaner and am happily using it.

I really like your theme - let's improve what we have rather than criticize.

While Excel chart defaults look pretty ugly, effective Excel charts can look just as good as many custom, expensive packages.

We don't blame the hammer for ugly furniture, we blame the cabinet maker. A good piece of furniture, like a good chart, takes a skilled practicioner who uses good practices.

It's time to stop blaming Excel and to start helping users understand what it takes to make an effective chart. Your tool is a good start.

thanks!!!

..Kelly

koday@processtrends.com

I downloaded the chart cleaner and tried it on some line charts (which I've built as XY-scatters) that contain process data from a datalogging package.

Unfortunately, it doesn't do so well. The lines pick up solid fill underneath with all options checked. If I start unchecking options, the data series just end up disappearing. My data really is in good shape - it just needs the "chart junk" and "fix colors" options, but doing so leaves me with a blank plot area.

FWIW, I'm using excel 2000.