Thanks very much .... ( i assumed the "XY-scatter" plots offered in excel
were for point-plots rather than my 'hopefully' smooth curves !!)

"spot on !!" ... the right man in the right place at the right time ... keep
it uop !

by the way the email notification "link" of your post wouldn't work (outlook
2007) so it took me ages to "find" you .... but that's another day's work
..... right ?

Again many thanks
mojjara - the original questionairee !

"Bernard Liengme" wrote:

Have you tried an XY chart - this is the only one to use when x-values are
really numeric and not just categories
best wishes
--
Bernard V Liengme
Microsoft Excel MVP
http://people.stfx.ca/bliengme
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"Mojjara" wrote in message
...
I feel this is a very basic challenge ....
but it seems beyond my ability ...... I after much trial and error .... i
humbly approach the masters' feet !!!

I have tried to draw simple graphs plotting x versus y and i am having
difficulties because the choices are not in excel "chart layout" to plot
simple quadratic functions.

I'm trying to plot the various flows in a river versus the percent time
they
are exceeded.
i have my columns of figures but I cannot find the correct "chart layout".

I imagine this is a very basic challenge because this is what we used to
have to do in Maths, physics, Chemistry classes every day for years and by
hand ...
so I apologise if this seems a 'wate of your time' .... but believe me I
will be "eternally grateful" for assistance in this .....