Two points with same (X, Y) coordinates in Excel

[Jay]

Greetings, everyone. Is there any way to have Excel draw a circle around a
point on a scatterplot? I ask because I have two points with the same X and
Y values, which is causing one of the points to hide under another. Thank
you for your help.

Jay

 

[David Biddulph]

Format/ Data Point for one of your 2 superimposed points, & choose an
appropriate symbol.

 

[Carim]

Hi,

Take a look at Jon's brilliant site :

http://peltiertech.com/Excel/Charts/ControlBubbleSizes.html

HTH
Cheers
Carim

 

[Andy Pope]

Hi,

Another alternative is to plot a third series which has points for only
those that overlap. Format the markers to a circle with
Forecolor = Red
Backcolor = None

Cheers
Andy

 

[Bernard Liengme]

You could format a single data point to have a large marker
best wishes

 

[Jay]

Thanks for your help. I'm sorry, but I don't have the option to change the
markers. under the format trendline dialog box, I do see the patterns tab.
however, there is no mention of any markers. in fact, I don't see anything
under the Type and Options tab either. this happens whether I right click by
the point or do to the Format menu. When I click the trendline and go to the
Format menu, I see only Selected Trendline and Sheet options. Is there
anything else to do?

J

 

[Andy Pope]

Confused:

You said you had points but now you are talking about Trendlines?

Perhaps you could explain further.

Cheers
Andy

 

[Jay]

Andy,

There is a trendline drawn through the nine points of my scatterplot.

J

 

[Andy Pope]

Ok, but why are you selecting the trendline when it is those points you
need to format.
Use the UP/Down arrows to cycle through the chart elements. When the
points are selected use the left/right to move through each point in the
series.
When you get to the point use CTRL+1 to bring up the format dialog.

Cheers
Andy

Andy,

There is a trendline drawn through the nine points of my scatterplot.

J

 

[Guest]

Hi Jay,

One way to achieve this perhaps would be to add a second series for
duplicate points. The same format can be used as for the original series, but
using a large circle as the marker with no background colour - looks like a
circle around the point.

Hth
Anthony