Replace the empty cell by =NA() which displays as #N/A and is ignored by the
chart engine
OR
Click on the chart and open (in Excel 2003) Tools | Option | Chart and
specify how empty cells are to be treated. Similar option in Excel 2007
best wishes
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Bernard Liengme
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Microsoft Excel MVP

"ARD" wrote in message
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Let's say the data is

Particulars Frequency

q 5
w -
e 6
r 7

While drawing a chart, it should not show wth column when it is 0,
otherwise
it should take it into consideration. How ?