Question : forcing excel graph size

Is there a way of forcing excel to size a graph so that the x and y axes are of equal length?  I need to create numerous scatter plots, which when printed, have a square plot area (for ROC curves).  I have tried changing the plot area manually so that it looks correct on the screen, but when it prints, excel ignores this and prints to fit the page.  
Thanks
Barbara-Ann

Answer : forcing excel graph size

Barbara-Ann,
See if this is closer to what you want to do. I set the x and y axes to go from 0 to 1, with 0.1 major units. I then set the chart size to 300x275 pixels, with the plot area 250x250. You'll need to play around with these four numbers to get it to look like you want.

Sub MakeAllChartsSquare()
    Dim myChartObject As ChartObject
    Dim ws As Worksheet
    For Each ws In ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets
        If ws.ChartObjects.Count > 0 Then
            For Each myChartObject In ws.ChartObjects
                MakeChartSquare myChartObject.Chart
            Next
        End If
    Next
End Sub

Sub MakeChartSquare(myChart As Chart)
    With myChart
        ' get plot size
        With .Parent  'Height and width of the box enclosing the chart in pixels
            .Height = 275
            .Width = 300
        End With
        With .PlotArea  'Height and width of chart in pixels
            .Height = 250
            .Width = 250
        End With
       
        ' Get axis scale parameters and lock scales
        With .Axes(xlValue)
            .MaximumScale = 1
            .MinimumScale = 0
            .MajorUnit = 0.1
            .MaximumScaleIsAuto = False
            .MinimumScaleIsAuto = False
            .MajorUnitIsAuto = False
        End With
        With .Axes(xlCategory)
            .MaximumScale = 1
            .MinimumScale = 0
            .MajorUnit = 0.1
            .MaximumScaleIsAuto = False
            .MinimumScaleIsAuto = False
            .MajorUnitIsAuto = False
        End With
     End With

End Sub

Brad
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