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I am using a line graph in Excel 2007. It has 3 variables. One of the
variables, I changed to a column graph. When the data is plotted:this yr sales,last yr sales and budget, on the bottom of the graph shows dates for every week of data that I have for this year. How do you just show dates for every 4th week instead of every week. I had that in my scatter graph and I think it looks cleaner. Thanks |
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Hi,
You select the X-axis Choose Chart Tools, Format, Format Selection, Axis Options tab, Major Unit, Fixed, Days, 28. -- Thanks, Shane Devenshire "Charles Eaves" wrote: I am using a line graph in Excel 2007. It has 3 variables. One of the variables, I changed to a column graph. When the data is plotted:this yr sales,last yr sales and budget, on the bottom of the graph shows dates for every week of data that I have for this year. How do you just show dates for every 4th week instead of every week. I had that in my scatter graph and I think it looks cleaner. Thanks |
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If I understand you correctly, dates are on your x-axis. The definition of
the misleadingly named "Line" graph is that the x values are non-numeric categories (it has nothing to do with whether you want to show lines or not), which means that Excel does not try to interpret a progression among them. Switch to an "XY (Scatter)" chart. Jerry "Charles Eaves" wrote: I am using a line graph in Excel 2007. It has 3 variables. One of the variables, I changed to a column graph. When the data is plotted:this yr sales,last yr sales and budget, on the bottom of the graph shows dates for every week of data that I have for this year. How do you just show dates for every 4th week instead of every week. I had that in my scatter graph and I think it looks cleaner. Thanks |
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I did use a x-y graph that also included a column graph (Remember: I have 3
variables). Everything was fine and I saved the workbook. Later, when I opened the file, my graph was blank. When I did a right click on the graph and changed it back to line graph, the plot reappeared. I figured that the x-y graph was for 2 variables. I also changed the secondary axis to primary because the x-y graph wasn't plotting correctly. The x-y graph had shrunk and also the beginning and ending points did not line up with the correct date. I saved the same graph using the line-column default and it comes up everytime. Is the x-y graph only for 2 variables or is it me? Thanks "Jerry W. Lewis" wrote in message ... If I understand you correctly, dates are on your x-axis. The definition of the misleadingly named "Line" graph is that the x values are non-numeric categories (it has nothing to do with whether you want to show lines or not), which means that Excel does not try to interpret a progression among them. Switch to an "XY (Scatter)" chart. Jerry "Charles Eaves" wrote: I am using a line graph in Excel 2007. It has 3 variables. One of the variables, I changed to a column graph. When the data is plotted:this yr sales,last yr sales and budget, on the bottom of the graph shows dates for every week of data that I have for this year. How do you just show dates for every 4th week instead of every week. I had that in my scatter graph and I think it looks cleaner. Thanks |
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