When the x-categories can be mistaken for numbers, that is what Excel does.
Try removing the heading from the top of that column (but not from the
y-values); select the heading and the data to make the chart.
Excel should now find x-category values
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The data in column A in the table I want to use for a chart contains
numeric values: 2000 - 2001 - 2002 - ...
In the chart these don't show as labels for the x-axis, but as a series
of data in the chart.
Any way around this without changing all the values in coumn A into
text?


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