If you like bottom-responding, you're in the minority. It's not just MS
newsreaders, it's every reader I've used, including Netscape and going back
to the obscure WinVN of the early or mid 1990's, and it's the way most
newsgroups seem to favor.

You don't need to guess what minimum value you need. Simply enter a value
way smaller than will ever occur on the axis. If the data is likely to stay
between -10 and 10, enter a crosses at value of -1000000. This does not
affect the minimum axis value, but only where the axis crosses, if the
crosses at value is between the min and max of the axis.

- Jon
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"Del Cotter" wrote in message
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A. Bottom quoting
Q. What's the most annoying thing about Microsoft newsreaders? :-)

On Thu, 22 Mar 2007, in microsoft.public.excel.charting,
Bob Barnes said:
"Bob Barnes" wrote:
When an X-Axis has a Y-Axis w/ Plus and Minus Values,
the Values for the X-Axis appear at the "Mid-point" (Value of Zero) on
the
Chart.

Can It appear at the bottom of the Chart...where the "largest Negative
Value" is???

"John Mansfield" wrote:
Yes, double-click on the category axis (the X-Axis at zero). In the
Format
Axis Dialog box, go to "Tick-mark Labels" - "Low".

Thank you john.

But the ticked axis line itself won't follow the labels to the bottom that
way. There is a check box in the Y-axis option to make the X-axis line go
to the *top*, but to make it go to the bottom, you have to guess what
value you want the bottom to be, and set it to that.

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