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Hi
I have a line chart which plots data in the range 2100 - 3000

How do I stop the chart having a big blank area from 0 - 2000 ?

thanks
Mike


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are you sure you don't have an x-y chart rather than a line chart?
if it is an X-Y chart you should be able to select the axis and select the
limits
if it is a line chart the data series must be immense.

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Hi
I have a line chart which plots data in the range 2100 - 3000

How do I stop the chart having a big blank area from 0 - 2000 ?

thanks
Mike



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Even in an XY chart, if the minimum value is less than a certain
percentage (66%?) of the maximum value, Excel's scaling algorithm
defaults to a minimum of zero. Double click the axis, and choose a more
reasonable minimum value.

- Jon
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bj wrote:

are you sure you don't have an x-y chart rather than a line chart?
if it is an X-Y chart you should be able to select the axis and select the
limits
if it is a line chart the data series must be immense.

"mikey" wrote:


Hi
I have a line chart which plots data in the range 2100 - 3000

How do I stop the chart having a big blank area from 0 - 2000 ?

thanks
Mike



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"Jon Peltier" wrote in message
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Double click the axis, and choose a more
reasonable minimum value.

- Jon


Thank You, Jon - that was what I needed to know


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