There is no built-in way that will prevent overlap of data labels. I've seen
a crude attempt that uses vba to move data labels out of each other's way,
but I don't think the author has developed it further. It's a lot of work.

- Jon
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"PO" <h wrote in message ...
hello,

Is there any way (using chart settings or VBA) to prevent the datalabels
to stack (ontop of each other) in a XYScatter chart when the xValues and
values of several datapoints coincide?

Regards
PO