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I want to organize the charted results in decending order of longest bar to
shortest bar so a natural progression or trend can be seen easily. Help!!
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kim -

Usually a chart depends on data in a worksheet.
So, sort the data.

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I want to organize the charted results in decending order of longest bar to
shortest bar so a natural progression or trend can be seen easily. Help!!



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An alternative to Mike's suggestion is to do the sort through a named
formula. Create a named formula named DataRng (Insert | Name
Define...) that refers to your data set. Then, add another named
formula (SortedData2 below).

DataRng =Sheet1!$D$5:$D$34
SortedData2 =LARGE(DataRng,ROW(DataRng)-ROW(INDEX(DataRng,1))+1)

Now, plot SortedData2. For more on named formulas and charts see they
Dynamic Charts page of my web site. [I'm on a plane and cannot provide
you the exact URL.]

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