Do you mean the value in the window when you use Add Trendline and select
Polynomial.
In my versions of XL2003 and XL2007 this is 2. I seem to recall it was
always 2 in versions from 1997. I have never seen 4 as the 'default'
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I'm trying to discover the default order no. for polynomial trending in
Excel
97 and 2000 and if possible, why they chose order no. 4 as the default in
Excel 2003? Can anyone help?