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X=y will not cross 0,0 why
On a simple line chart X=Y used as a demo, the line will not cross at 0,0
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Hi tim,
Possible you are using Line chart instead of XY Scatter? To change right click and select Chart Type, pick xy scatter. Where does the line cross when x=0 and y=0? Cheers Andy tim wrote: On a simple line chart X=Y used as a demo, the line will not cross at 0,0 why??? -- Andy Pope, Microsoft MVP - Excel http://www.andypope.info |
Hi Andy
I seleected the simple chart to show a friend how easy it was and the line crosses the axis at .5,-.5. the line markers at the ends report 0,0 but the line isnt at these points???? How do I explain this to a new charter?? Tim "Andy Pope" wrote: Hi tim, Possible you are using Line chart instead of XY Scatter? To change right click and select Chart Type, pick xy scatter. Where does the line cross when x=0 and y=0? Cheers Andy tim wrote: On a simple line chart X=Y used as a demo, the line will not cross at 0,0 why??? -- Andy Pope, Microsoft MVP - Excel http://www.andypope.info |
what data did you use?
timcroot wrote: Hi Andy I seleected the simple chart to show a friend how easy it was and the line crosses the axis at .5,-.5. the line markers at the ends report 0,0 but the line isnt at these points???? How do I explain this to a new charter?? Tim "Andy Pope" wrote: Hi tim, Possible you are using Line chart instead of XY Scatter? To change right click and select Chart Type, pick xy scatter. Where does the line cross when x=0 and y=0? Cheers Andy tim wrote: On a simple line chart X=Y used as a demo, the line will not cross at 0,0 why??? -- Andy Pope, Microsoft MVP - Excel http://www.andypope.info -- Andy Pope, Microsoft MVP - Excel http://www.andypope.info |
data used was x=0 y=0, x=5 y=5 the chart was a simple line chart tim "Andy Pope" wrote: what data did you use? timcroot wrote: Hi Andy I seleected the simple chart to show a friend how easy it was and the line crosses the axis at .5,-.5. the line markers at the ends report 0,0 but the line isnt at these points???? How do I explain this to a new charter?? Tim "Andy Pope" wrote: Hi tim, Possible you are using Line chart instead of XY Scatter? To change right click and select Chart Type, pick xy scatter. Where does the line cross when x=0 and y=0? Cheers Andy tim wrote: On a simple line chart X=Y used as a demo, the line will not cross at 0,0 why??? -- Andy Pope, Microsoft MVP - Excel http://www.andypope.info -- Andy Pope, Microsoft MVP - Excel http://www.andypope.info |
Sorry tim, I can not create a chart with the data that doesn't produce
results as expected :( If you want to email me chart directly I will take a look. Or maybe somebody else has an idea why you chart is mis-behaving. Cheers Andy tim croot wrote: data used was x=0 y=0, x=5 y=5 the chart was a simple line chart tim "Andy Pope" wrote: what data did you use? timcroot wrote: Hi Andy I seleected the simple chart to show a friend how easy it was and the line crosses the axis at .5,-.5. the line markers at the ends report 0,0 but the line isnt at these points???? How do I explain this to a new charter?? Tim "Andy Pope" wrote: Hi tim, Possible you are using Line chart instead of XY Scatter? To change right click and select Chart Type, pick xy scatter. Where does the line cross when x=0 and y=0? Cheers Andy tim wrote: On a simple line chart X=Y used as a demo, the line will not cross at 0,0 why??? -- Andy Pope, Microsoft MVP - Excel http://www.andypope.info -- Andy Pope, Microsoft MVP - Excel http://www.andypope.info -- Andy Pope, Microsoft MVP - Excel http://www.andypope.info |
The problem was using Line instead of xyscatter in conjunction with the
underlying data being numeric. Excel was simply trying to do its best to understand your data in the context of the requested chart. Using all the data to create 2 series and generating its own numeric category labels. Some further reading that may help you make more sense of charts & data. http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/P...cle.asp?ID=190 Cheers Andy Andy Pope wrote: Sorry tim, I can not create a chart with the data that doesn't produce results as expected :( If you want to email me chart directly I will take a look. Or maybe somebody else has an idea why you chart is mis-behaving. Cheers Andy tim croot wrote: data used was x=0 y=0, x=5 y=5 the chart was a simple line chart tim "Andy Pope" wrote: what data did you use? timcroot wrote: Hi Andy I seleected the simple chart to show a friend how easy it was and the line crosses the axis at .5,-.5. the line markers at the ends report 0,0 but the line isnt at these points???? How do I explain this to a new charter?? Tim "Andy Pope" wrote: Hi tim, Possible you are using Line chart instead of XY Scatter? To change right click and select Chart Type, pick xy scatter. Where does the line cross when x=0 and y=0? Cheers Andy tim wrote: On a simple line chart X=Y used as a demo, the line will not cross at 0,0 why??? -- Andy Pope, Microsoft MVP - Excel http://www.andypope.info -- Andy Pope, Microsoft MVP - Excel http://www.andypope.info -- Andy Pope, Microsoft MVP - Excel http://www.andypope.info |
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