My bad. I should have typed a semicolon instead of a comma in that format:

[<39508]"";mmm d

Sorry.

- Jon
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Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
Tutorials and Custom Solutions
Peltier Technical Services, Inc. - http://PeltierTech.com
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"Damian" wrote in message
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Hi John,

When I format the numbers using [<39508]"",mmm d It changes the
category
labels to 5 digit numbers like 39536,39569 instead of dates.

I'm using excel 2003,

cheers

damian

"Jon Peltier" wrote:

Could you describe the trouble? Also, what version of the beast are you
using?

Here's an article on number formats:

http://peltiertech.com/Excel/NumberFormats.html

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

I'm having trouble suppressing the first label on the horizontal axis
with
that format. I'm using a column and one line chart. I wonder what i'm
doing
wrong. Also, do you know where i can learn more about how custom
formats
work?

Thanks

Damian

"Jon Peltier" wrote:

Chart type?

Generally you have little control over non-uniform display of axis
tick
labels. But you can sometimes get what you want with custom number
formats.
For the Y axis, you could use a format like

[=10]"";General

For the horizontal axis, you have to start the axis at 0 March (i.e.,
29
Feb) and suppress the first label, through perhaps a format like

[<39508]"",mmm d

- Jon
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Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
Tutorials and Custom Solutions
Peltier Technical Services, Inc. - http://PeltierTech.com
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"Damian" wrote in message
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I currently have categories going from 1st of may to 11th may. How
do I
get
it to just have labels for the even numbers (2nd/4th/6th/8th/10th)?

Also, how do I have 10,20, 30, 40 amd 50 on the value axis. How do I
remove
the bottom one (10) but keep the rest?