Ever since switching from an early spreadsheet program that I think was
called VBB or something back in the early 90's I have been frustrated at not
being able to do this. It was such a useful trick that I used all the time
back then.
I must try the add-in suggested. Why does it not come standard with Excel???
So if I install the add-in and then send my spreadsheet to a colleage who
has not installed the add-in, will the graph display correctly?

"bioteker" wrote:

I want to plot a simple XY graph with data labels on the chart supplied by a
column different than the data used to plot the data points.
I know you can individually click on each label and change it manually, but
I've got 50 points.