My bad. Well, not just mine, the dialog design led me to this incorrect
conclusion.

XY charts don't have "category labels", so that half of the dialog is to be
ignored for an XY chart. In 2003, the category labels input box was hidden
for XY charts, but that interface was nicely designed.

So. In the Select Data dialog, select the series, then click the Edit button
above the series list. On the child dialog that appears, you can enter the X
value range.


- Jon
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Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
Tutorials and Custom Solutions
Peltier Technical Services, Inc. - http://PeltierTech.com
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"Jon Peltier" wrote in message
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I hate 2007. You should be able to click the Edit button under Horizontal
Category X Axis Labels to select the range you want, but I guess they
didn't think you'd want to change from generic numbers (1, 2, 3,...) to
real data. So the button is disabled.

So follow the other approach, which Del also mentioned, and put a label
above the column of Y values and remove any label from above the column of
X values, then make the chart.

Well, there's a third way. After making the chart with just Y values, the
series formula looks like this:

=SERIES(,,Sheet1!$C$4:$C$26,1)

Click in the formula so the cursor is blinking between the first and
second commas, then select the range with the X values.

- Jon
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Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
Tutorials and Custom Solutions
Peltier Technical Services, Inc. - http://PeltierTech.com
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"janet" wrote in message
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I am in Excel 2007, and I don't see a series tab. I tried using the
Select
Data window but excel insists on creating a line graph when I change the
data
to the 2 columns of date values.

"Jon Peltier" wrote:

You could select just the Y values, start the wizard, and in step 2,
click
on the Series tab, then select the X value dates.

Or you could put a label over the Y value dates, and leave the cell
above
the X values blank, select the row with one label as part of the data
range,
and start the wizard.

- Jon
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Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
Tutorials and Custom Solutions
Peltier Technical Services, Inc. - http://PeltierTech.com
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"janet" wrote in message
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I am trying to create an x-y scatter chart where both the x values and
the
y
values are dates. I highlight the 2 adjacent columns of date data and
click
on InsertScatter. Instead of a scatter graph, I get a line chart
with 2
lines (the two data columns). The x values on the graph are simply a
count
of the data points as in a line chart.
If the 2 columns of data are not dates, I get the correct scatter
chart,
but
not if the x-values are dates in which case I get a line chart. How
can I
get a scatter chart with both x-values and y-values as dates?