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Default How to start Y-axis scale at odd value and have tick labels at even values?

Excel chart axes always put the first tick at the minimum and count by the
major unit from there.

You could use a dummy XY series to apply your own custom axis scale:

http://peltiertech.com/Excel/Charts/ArbitraryAxis.html

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"Paul S. Natanson" (Remove xxx's for real
address.) wrote in message ...
On either an XY chart or on a scatter chart, I want to have a secondary Y
axis (showing temperature) that goes from 32 to 212. But I want the
labels to be at multiples of 10 (e.g., 40, 50, 60, - - - , 190, 200, 210).



The reason that I want to do this is because the secondary axis is degrees
FAHRENHEIT and I need for it to match the primary axis which goes from 0
to 100 degrees CENTIGRADE.



How can I create a secondary Y axis with a scale that starts at 32 and has
tick labels at even multiples of 10?



Paul S. Natanson +1-908-630-0406 paul628 at concentric dot net
December 26, 2006.