On Mon, 3 Sep 2007, in microsoft.public.excel.charting,
Chandler said:
I want to create a chart with the date for the x axis, amount collected as
the y axis and data labels at each point within the graph giving the
collector's name. So at X=12/07/07, y=58 I want it to say Bob within the
chart area.

Put the date to the immediate left of the amount collected, then move
the "Date" heading away temporarily. Then use the Chart Wizard to create
an XY (Scatter) Chart.

(I'm told Scatter Charts don't require you to have a blank cell above
the X range column, but I can't seem to get it to work, and anyway a
blank cell at top left is the norm for running the Chart Wizard
successfully, so might as well follow practice)

After you've made your scatter graph, you can move the Date header back
in place if you like, and even put the date column back in Column C.

Now for having the names as labels on the graph, you can put them in
manually if there's only a few names, with some effort, but it's much
easier to download one of the following two add-ins:

Rob Bovey's Chart Labeler, http://appspro.com
John Walkenbach's Chart Tools, http://j-walk.com

(text cut and paste from a post of Jon's naturally :-)

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