Try one of these:

http://peltiertech.com/Excel/Charts/Y_CategoryAxis.html
http://peltiertech.com/Excel/Charts/DotPlot.html

- Jon
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Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
Tutorials and Custom Solutions
http://PeltierTech.com
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"Elaine" wrote in message
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Hi,

I need to specifiy the y axis and the x axis labels, I can get the x-axis
labels on by using a line graph in excel, however the y xais only appears
as
numbers.

Any suggestions? I have got the xy chart labeler but I can't seem to get
it
to do this.

Many thanks,
Elaine