I'm a new user to Excel 2007 but have used earlier versions with no
problems. I am having difficulty with just producing a simple chart with
two rows in the worksheets labelled 'year' and 'volume'. When I chart this
the x axis comes out as 1.2.3 etc and not the actual year. How do I avoid
this

Hi,

I assume you chart is using both columns to create 2 series.
Try removing the 'Year' label from top left corner of data range. This will
allow Excel to better guess you data arrangement.

Failing that create the chart and use Chart Tools Design Data Select
Data, dialog to define exactly where a series Name, Data and Labels are
coming from.

Cheers
Andy

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Andy Pope, Microsoft MVP - Excel
http://www.andypope.info
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I'm a new user to Excel 2007 but have used earlier versions with no
problems. I am having difficulty with just producing a simple chart with
two rows in the worksheets labelled 'year' and 'volume'. When I chart
this
the x axis comes out as 1.2.3 etc and not the actual year. How do I
avoid
this