Using dates for x-axis values as string instead of creating a scale
 

I am creating a line graph where I want to identify each point on the graph by a date (i.e. the source of the x-axis is to a column full of dates). When I do this, excel puts the dates on a scale, so a lot of my data is bunched up in the center of the graph.

Is there any way to format the dates as text for use in the graph without the text version of the dates being the unreadable number format?

Or, is there any way to stop excel from putting my dates on a scale?

Thanks!

-Eleanor

I figured it out myself. Under "Chart Options" on the Axis tab under the "Category (X) Axis" you mark "Category". Sorry to bother the forum!

You can change the axis back to a category type, instead of a time scale
type. Choose Chart Options from the Chart menu, then on the Axes tab,
choose the Category option under Category (X) Axis.

- Jon
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cs_weirdo wrote:

I am creating a line graph where I want to identify each point on the
graph by a date (i.e. the source of the x-axis is to a column full of
dates). When I do this, excel puts the dates on a scale, so a lot of my
data is bunched up in the center of the graph.

Is there any way to format the dates as text for use in the graph
without the text version of the dates being the unreadable number
format?

Or, is there any way to stop excel from putting my dates on a scale?

Thanks!

-Eleanor