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Velson Horie Velson Horie is offline
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Default Excel: using data labels as markers

How sensible! And it keeps position during rescalling.
Thank you

Velson

"Andy Pope" wrote:

Why not set the label position to Center? This will place it directly over
the point.

Cheers
Andy

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"Velson Horie" wrote in message
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Thank you, this is a considerable improvement on Excel, but does not
achieve
what is required. I want to replace the marker by the text, not have it
in
addition. The only way I can do it using the Addin is by setting the
marker
to "none", then moving the label down by 9 points to sit over the position
where the marker was. Then when I change the shape of the chart,
everything
goes out of position.

Is there a method of telling Excel to use the text as marker instead of
the
pre-defined marker graphic?

Velson

"Andy Pope" wrote:

Hi,

You can use a free addin to make the link between data labels and cell
text
http://www.appspro.com/Utilities/ChartLabeler.htm

Cheers
Andy

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Andy Pope, Microsoft MVP - Excel
http://www.andypope.info
"Velson Horie" wrote in message
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I want to show the distribution of properties of products across two
axes.
Excel 2003 sp3, on Win XP sp2

How do I place the code numbers of the products at the coordinates,
i.e.
using text in a cell as the marker for each point? I used to be able
to
do
this easily in Quattro, but cannot see a way in Excel.

The following Help instructions do not work:
"Reestablish links between data labels and worksheet cells
Click a chart sheet or an embedded chart to display the Chart menu.
On the Chart menu, click Chart Options.
On the Data Labels tab, select the Automatic text check box. "
because there is no automatic text check box

Thank you