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Old 05-04-2006, 05:18 PM   #1
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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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Old 05-04-2006, 06:09 PM   #2
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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?
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David Biddulph


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Old 05-04-2006, 10:21 PM   #3
Jon Peltier
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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
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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.
>
> Thank you
>



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Old 06-04-2006, 01:33 PM   #4
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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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