Many thanks. I missed that little detail. Now the graph works again.

"Jon Peltier" wrote in message
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Richard -

Cell A728 contains .12/29/2004 instead of 12/29/2004. The dot turns this
value into text, and interferes with a time scale axis or an XY value
axis.

To find such a problem value, select the column, then use Edit Go To (or
CTRL+G), click Special, then select the Constants option, and check only
the Text checkbox.

- Jon
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Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
Peltier Technical Services
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Jon Peltier wrote:
Richard -

You have supplied no information that could explain such a problem with
the chart. There is nothing magical about the number 699. If the data is
in fact valid numerical data, this is not expected behavior.

I rarely do this anymore, but I'll offer to look at your data. Email it
to me (not to the newsgroup); remove the appropriate characters so the
messae goes through.

- Jon
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Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
Peltier Technical Services
Tutorials and Custom Solutions
http://PeltierTech.com/
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Richard Goh wrote:

additional information. There are no formulas in this data.
The dates are added by dragging a corner down to create consecutive
dates.
Then I delete the rows that have dates when the stock market is not
open.
I fill in the value at the end of each day as reported by my the brokers
web page.
I have used this data now for more than 4 years. but finally the number
of
rows exceeded 699 and the plot automatically changed the dates to
January
1,1900 to 1904.
If I graph any number of consecutive rows, less than 699, I get the date
printed in column one.

"Jon Peltier" wrote in message
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Richard -

What are these gaps? Is it a formula that returns "" to look like a
blank?
A chart doesn't treat "" as a blank, it treats it as text, with a value
0.
January 0, 1900 is day 0 in Excel's calendar.

- Jon
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Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
Peltier Technical Services
Tutorials and Custom Solutions
http://PeltierTech.com/
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Richard Goh wrote:

I can plot this range of data, so it is not bad data. I now have
several plots, one for each year. The problem only occurs when I
choose
more than 699 rows (any 699 rows).

"Jon Peltier" wrote in message
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Richard -

A scatter chart series can have no more than 32,000 points. So that's
not
it. I suspect there's a bit of nonnumeric data at about row 699 or
700.
If it looks like a number but it's left-aligned in the cell, this
could
be the problem. Make sure the cell has a date or general format (not
text), then copy a blank cell, select the bad cell, and use Paste
Special


from the Edit menu, with the Values and Operation-Add options, to try
to


fix it.

- Jon
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Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
Peltier Technical Services
Tutorials and Custom Solutions
http://PeltierTech.com/
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Richard Goh wrote:



I am attempting to plot my investments value against dates with
Excel
2000 in a Windows XP SP2 system
I have over 750 date rows, with gaps starting in 2003
When I choose a scatter chart, the dates on the chart revert to Jan
1,
1900
It was working up until the number of rows exceeded 699.

Is this a problem with Excel? Is there a limit to the number of
rows
that can be used?