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i am creating a bar graph with death rates for 8 cities in los angeles for a
particular disease. Now I would like to draw a constant line at a particular
rate through the entire bar graph to indicate the target rate.
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Hi,

Rather than drawing the line using shapes, which will be static, add an
extra data series. Here are a few pages on the subject.

http://peltiertech.com/Excel/Charts/AddLine.html
http://tushar-mehta.com/excel/charts...nes/index.html
http://www.andypope.info/charts/averageline.htm
http://www.processtrends.com/pg_char...ontal_line.htm

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i am creating a bar graph with death rates for 8 cities in los angeles for a
particular disease. Now I would like to draw a constant line at a particular
rate through the entire bar graph to indicate the target rate.


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http://www.andypope.info
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Thanks that was very helpful. I got stuck on a minute detail: Label Last
Point. Currently the value of my horiz line is labeled at the 0 x-axis point
and it is also labeled at the 1-axis point on my secondary axis. I was
reading through the link titled "Label Last Point" but it is talking about
creating a module. I'm not exactly sure how to do that. Any ideas?

"Andy Pope" wrote:

Hi,

Rather than drawing the line using shapes, which will be static, add an
extra data series. Here are a few pages on the subject.

http://peltiertech.com/Excel/Charts/AddLine.html
http://tushar-mehta.com/excel/charts...nes/index.html
http://www.andypope.info/charts/averageline.htm
http://www.processtrends.com/pg_char...ontal_line.htm

Cheers
Andy

Kavitha wrote:
i am creating a bar graph with death rates for 8 cities in los angeles for a
particular disease. Now I would like to draw a constant line at a particular
rate through the entire bar graph to indicate the target rate.


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http://www.andypope.info

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You need to go to the VBE (visual basic editor) within excel ALT+F11
In the project window you should see your current workbook. Select it
and then via the menus Insert Module. This will add a code module to
your project. You can then copy/paste the code.

Here is a non vba solution
http://www.andypope.info/charts/Labellast.htm

Cheers
Andy

Kavitha wrote:
Thanks that was very helpful. I got stuck on a minute detail: Label Last
Point. Currently the value of my horiz line is labeled at the 0 x-axis point
and it is also labeled at the 1-axis point on my secondary axis. I was
reading through the link titled "Label Last Point" but it is talking about
creating a module. I'm not exactly sure how to do that. Any ideas?

"Andy Pope" wrote:


Hi,

Rather than drawing the line using shapes, which will be static, add an
extra data series. Here are a few pages on the subject.

http://peltiertech.com/Excel/Charts/AddLine.html
http://tushar-mehta.com/excel/charts...nes/index.html
http://www.andypope.info/charts/averageline.htm
http://www.processtrends.com/pg_char...ontal_line.htm

Cheers
Andy

Kavitha wrote:

i am creating a bar graph with death rates for 8 cities in los angeles for a
particular disease. Now I would like to draw a constant line at a particular
rate through the entire bar graph to indicate the target rate.


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Andy Pope, Microsoft MVP - Excel
http://www.andypope.info


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