lines between data points

[Steven M]

I created a chart in an earlier version of Excel (probably
Excel 97). The Chart has one data series ploted as a line
chart with data points and lines between the datapoint
visible.

In the original version of the chart I was able create a
break in the line by simply turning off the line for a
particular selected data point.

When I recieved Excel 2002, the charts I had created
earlier looked different. Now instead of a break in the
line, there is a line which points from the last datapoint
with a line to the next data point with a line, skiping
any datapoints that have thier lines disabled.

It looks like in the older version of Excel that the line
properties of a selected data point controlled the line
only on one side of a datapoint. Where as, in the newer
version of Excel, the line properties of a data point
control the lines on both sides of the datapoint. In
other words you can't have a data point with a line only
on the left or only on the right. It either has to have a
line on both sides or none on either side.

How can I create a break in a line series for a selected
data point.

 

[Tushar Mehta]

Yes, there is a bug in XL in which for a line chart, it refuses to show
a break in the line. MS is aware of the problem, though I don't know
when (if?) it intends fixing it.

If you can substitute a XY Scatter chart for the Line chart, you can
still get the break(s).

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Regards,

Tushar Mehta, MS MVP -- Excel
www.tushar-mehta.com
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