based on peltier;s dynamic range (referreed to by Debra Dalgleish) use
something like this

=OFFSET(INDIRECT("Sheet1!$A$5"),0,0,6,1)



Debra Dalgleish wrote in message
...
You could adapt the dynamic chart technique that Jon Peltier describes
he

http://www.peltiertech.com/Excel/Cha...micLast12.html

Jacen Saracen wrote:
I have a spreadsheet where the information begins at row 5 and carries
on for
many more rows. The information is ranked with row 5 representing the
latest
information, and the bottom row representing the oldest information. If
I
have a chart that plots the "latest five values" (a5:a10), then I decide
to
insert a new row 5, representing the very latest update, how do I keep
Excel
from automatically updating the chart to plot a6:a11? I want it to stay
a5:a10, incorporating the latest row insert and dropping the oldest.


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