Thants what i thought - thanks for your help.

"bj" wrote:

Do the Alpha numerics equal a value? or are they a lable of a point?
If they equal a value, then charting can be done.
Is they are a lable, can they be represented by a value, if not you may
have to make a drawing rather than a chart. Charts plot values.

"Pugwyrm" wrote:

any ideas please? we have data as follows:

y1 y2 y3 y4
name1 1 2a 3 4b
name2 2a 2 1d 3a

which needs to go in a chart but the alphanumerics (4b etc) keep being left
out...)

help!