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Default Excel chart from a table

Hi All:

Is there a way to convert a two axis table into a chart without first
putting all the data into one column?

I have the following data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
(industrial building employees) ...

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
1990 191.8 191.1 191.8 195.8 199.7 204.8 206.0 207.9 208.1
206.3 200.6 192.6
1991 180.2 179.8 181.1 186.6 189.5 189.9 190.4 192.8 194.7
191.2 184.2 180.2
1992 170.4 168.7 172.3 175.3 179.3 180.3 181.1 182.1 182.3
185.3 180.3 172.7
1993 162.7 164.7 165.9 170.1 174.9 178.5 181.0 182.7 183.5
186.2 182.9 177.9
1994 168.6 168.0 174.2 181.7 185.7 188.1 190.5 191.4 194.5
196.2 194.5 188.8
1995 179.3 176.1 181.3 186.0 188.4 193.1 195.5 197.1 199.7
201.9 196.5 190.0
1996 179.5 179.4 186.8 192.4 196.8 201.1 202.8 204.0 204.8
205.2 202.5 196.6
1997 185.3 187.8 190.6 196.5 201.3 204.0 206.4 208.1 208.4
210.8 208.2 204.7
1998 196.4 196.6 200.0 205.9 210.9 216.3 220.0 221.0 218.8
222.3 219.2 213.5
1999 201.6 202.2 202.6 206.9 209.0 213.9 216.3 216.2 216.0
216.6 214.1 210.9
2000 203.0 202.1 206.2 210.5 213.6 219.6 221.1 222.2 220.1
220.7 215.9 209.1
2001 202.4 203.5 206.8 209.0 213.7 211.0 211.7 212.0 208.7
209.0 208.9 206.7
2002 195.2 191.9 190.9 189.9 194.0 192.9 192.9 196.0 192.9
190.2 186.2 185.1
2003 179.2 174.7 173.4 173.6 176.7 173.2 172.4 174.3 176.0
176.0 173.9 173.5
2004 166.5 158.1 160.2 163.4 169.5 170.0 171.9 168.2 171.5
175.2 172.9 168.1
2005 163.7 163.4 160.5 162.2 162.5 161.1 161.9 163.7 164.1
167.6 166.5 160.1
2006 156.6 155.0 157.2 164.2 163.8 164.7 164.4 0.0

.... as you hopefully can see, it has the months along the top row and
the years down the left most column and I'd like to create a one line
chart beginning at Jan 1990 ending at most recent data w/out first
converting this table into two columns (dates and data). It would save
me a lot of time if I could find a simpler way of making this chart
w/out the intermediate step of recreating this table in column form
using hlookup and match.

Thanks v much. / Avi