Designed by geeks for accountants, but used and abused by all kinds of
people.

- Jon

Michael R Middleton wrote:

You wrote: " ... a program designed by scientists and math people ... "

Huh? Are you referring to Excel?

- Mike

"Bates Senior Thesis Researcher" <Bates Senior Thesis
wrote in message
...

Thanks for the info! I shall pass it on to my advisor. I find it
interesting that a program designed by scientists and math people doesn't
produce scientific notation that way, but I suppose it's a moot point.

Lewiston is covered in several feet of snow. I predict it will remain on
the ground until graduation in May...

"Jon Peltier" wrote:


Unfortunately, Excel was not designed to produce publication quality
graphics. Fortunately, I've figured out how to improve things, if only a
little bit. The scientific notation puzzle is worked out he

http://peltiertech.com/Excel/Charts/...cNotation.html

So how's the weather up in Lewiston?

- Jon
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Peltier Technical Services
Tutorials and Custom Solutions
http://PeltierTech.com/
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Bates Senior Thesis Researcher wrote:


Hi I'm using Excel 2003 and I am trying to make a column graph where
the
y-axis represents bacterial growth in log form. Therefore, the numbers
are
quite large. I need the axis to say "10^3" and not "1.E03". I am
confused
as to why the only scientific notation that I can find is written as
"1.E03"
because no scientific journal that I have come across uses this
notation on a
graph. I have tried using the "custom" tool and adding "^3" to the end
but
the number ends up being quite large and not anywhere what I need it to
be.
Thank you.