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I'm trying to shorten the Y axis on an Excel chart by breaking it. Is there
a way of doing this outside of pasting a text box and inserting two diagonal
lines (which don't stay attached to the chart when you move it!)?
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Jon Peltier has instructions, and links to a couple of other techniques:

http://www.peltiertech.com/Excel/Cha...okenYAxis.html

JimP wrote:
I'm trying to shorten the Y axis on an Excel chart by breaking it. Is there
a way of doing this outside of pasting a text box and inserting two diagonal
lines (which don't stay attached to the chart when you move it!)?



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