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I am still having the problem that I wrote in about on the 1st of March.
I am making a graph of data collected during a time period, where the x-axis is the date and the y-axis is the value collected. I have several different series of data and selected the appropriate cells for the data and for my x-axis labels. I think that all of the values are plotting, but the x-axis values are incorrect. X-values: A2:A621 Different series: Y1: E2:E89 Y2: E90:E176 Y3: E177:E261 Y4: E262:E347 Y5: E348:E432 Y6: E433:E504 Y7: E505:E562 Y8: E563:E621 I am using a standard line graph and Excel 2000. This is perplexing because the graph is so simple and I have never had a problem like this until last month and the problem continues. Thank you |
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"QuantumLeap" <QuantumLeap@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:03DEDF5D-D097-4F84-BA96-EC2AC5F15ABA@microsoft.com... >I am still having the problem that I wrote in about on the 1st of March. > > I am making a graph of data collected during a time period, where the > x-axis > is the > date and the y-axis is the value collected. I have several different > series > of data and selected the appropriate cells for the data and for my x-axis > labels. I think that all of the values are plotting, but the x-axis > values > are incorrect. > > > X-values: A2:A621 > > Different series: > Y1: E2:E89 > Y2: E90:E176 > Y3: E177:E261 > Y4: E262:E347 > Y5: E348:E432 > Y6: E433:E504 > Y7: E505:E562 > Y8: E563:E621 > > I am using a standard line graph and Excel 2000. This is perplexing > because > the graph is so simple and I have never had a problem like this until last > month and the problem continues. Have you tried changing it from a line graph to XY-scatter? -- David Biddulph |
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If you want Y2 values (E90:E176) to line up with A90:A176, you have two
choices. a. In a line chart, you need blank cells to line up with A2:A89. These serve as placeholders, so the 89th X value in A90 lines up with the 89th Y value in E90. Each subsequent series needs more blanks. The best way to do this is to stagger the data, putting Y1 into E2:E89, Y2 into F90:F176, etc., and leaving the rest of each column blank. b. In an XY chart (assuming your X data are numerical and not some kind of text labels), plot series 1 as X=A2:A89 and Y=E2:E89, series 2 as X=A90:A176 and Y=E90:E176, etc. If the data are numerical, you should probably be using an XY chart anyway for a number of reasons. - Jon ------- Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP Peltier Technical Services Tutorials and Custom Solutions http://PeltierTech.com/ _______ "QuantumLeap" <QuantumLeap@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:03DEDF5D-D097-4F84-BA96-EC2AC5F15ABA@microsoft.com... >I am still having the problem that I wrote in about on the 1st of March. > > I am making a graph of data collected during a time period, where the > x-axis > is the > date and the y-axis is the value collected. I have several different > series > of data and selected the appropriate cells for the data and for my x-axis > labels. I think that all of the values are plotting, but the x-axis > values > are incorrect. > > > X-values: A2:A621 > > Different series: > Y1: E2:E89 > Y2: E90:E176 > Y3: E177:E261 > Y4: E262:E347 > Y5: E348:E432 > Y6: E433:E504 > Y7: E505:E562 > Y8: E563:E621 > > I am using a standard line graph and Excel 2000. This is perplexing > because > the graph is so simple and I have never had a problem like this until last > month and the problem continues. > > Thank you > |
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Thanks for your help. I am changing the graph to an X-Y scatter and adding
the lines between points. |
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