Box-and-whisker chart (box plots)

I created a box plot graph in excel (2000) yesterday and still have the chart.
Today I have been trying to do it again using different data and can't work
out how I did it. These forums tell me that there is no boxplot function in
excel, but I successfully used it yesterday.
Trying to remember the steps I took yesterday, I think I pressed a button
that looked a bit like a sigma symbol.
Please help...

Excel has no box plot feature, but it provides features which can be cobbled
together into a box plot, and here is how:

http://peltiertech.com/Excel/Charts/BoxWhiskerV.html
http://peltiertech.com/Excel/Charts/BoxWhiskerH.html

- Jon
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Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
Peltier Technical Services - Tutorials and Custom Solutions -
http://PeltierTech.com/
2006 Excel User Conference, 19-21 April, Atlantic City, NJ
http://peltiertech.com/Excel/ExcelUserConf06.html
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"James" <James@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:CE0B0EF5-51F9-493B-BDAF-50BE64011111@microsoft.com...
>I created a box plot graph in excel (2000) yesterday and still have the
>chart.
> Today I have been trying to do it again using different data and can't
> work
> out how I did it. These forums tell me that there is no boxplot function
> in
> excel, but I successfully used it yesterday.
> Trying to remember the steps I took yesterday, I think I pressed a button
> that looked a bit like a sigma symbol.
> Please help...

Thanks, but I've read this page and other similar pages on how to construct
your own boxplots previously.
In attempting to edit the boxplots I had constructed, it was shown that they
were made using sigmaplot 9. I'm not sure I understand this as I have never
downloaded anything from this company. I did have the MS Office 2000 Pro cd
in the computer when I used it though.

"Jon Peltier" wrote:

> Excel has no box plot feature, but it provides features which can be cobbled
> together into a box plot, and here is how:
>
> http://peltiertech.com/Excel/Charts/BoxWhiskerV.html
> http://peltiertech.com/Excel/Charts/BoxWhiskerH.html
>
> - Jon
> -------
> Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
> Peltier Technical Services - Tutorials and Custom Solutions -
> http://PeltierTech.com/
> 2006 Excel User Conference, 19-21 April, Atlantic City, NJ
> http://peltiertech.com/Excel/ExcelUserConf06.html
> _______
>
>
> "James" <James@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:CE0B0EF5-51F9-493B-BDAF-50BE64011111@microsoft.com...
> >I created a box plot graph in excel (2000) yesterday and still have the
> >chart.
> > Today I have been trying to do it again using different data and can't
> > work
> > out how I did it. These forums tell me that there is no boxplot function
> > in
> > excel, but I successfully used it yesterday.
> > Trying to remember the steps I took yesterday, I think I pressed a button
> > that looked a bit like a sigma symbol.
> > Please help...
>
>
>