I would expect an XY chart in any version of Excel to alter when the data is
reorder
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"j99harrison" wrote in message
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I have tried with Excel 2003 and I can start an XY chart and then change
the
order of the data by sorting to put it into a different chart without it
changing the chart. with 2007 this does not appear to happen and my
original
chart changes.