There are a few tricks involved here. First, you need a way to offset
the points depending on how many share the same Y value, and which one
of those the current point is. This usually entails a helper column with
the offset calculations.
The second trick is that a category axis is incompatible with the
ability to offset points in this manner. But you could combine a Scatter
chart (for your markers) with a line chart (or other chart that uses a
category axis). Your X values would be the integer number of the
category (count them, 1-2-3...) plus or minus the offset. Alternatively,
you could use a dummy series along the X axis with data labels serving
as the category labels, as in this example:
http://peltiertech.com/Excel/Charts/ArbitraryAxis.html
I know I've worked out such examples in these newsgroups in the past.
You could search the archives at
http://www.google.com/advanced_group_search
- Jon
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