I have an excel spreadsheet that has the name of a class, the date it was
held, and the number of students in that class. I am trying to make a chart
and it displays the date of the class and the number of students okay but
then the name of the classes are all messed up. What can I do to make all
the data display in a coherent manner?

A few ideas come to mind. Create a bubble chart. Put the name on the
x axis, the date on the y axis and the number of students would be the
bubble size. Of course, in a bubble chart the x-axis cannot contain
text. So, you will get 1, 2, etc. on the x-axis. Then, double-click
the plotted series and from the Data Labels tab add the x-values as
data labels. Format as desired.

Another alternative would be to create a line chart with the dates on
the x-axis and the number of students on the y-axis. Then, use the
class names as data labels. Use either XY Chartlabeler from
www.appspro.com or Chart Tools from www.j-walk.com.

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I have an excel spreadsheet that has the name of a class, the date it was
held, and the number of students in that class. I am trying to make a chart
and it displays the date of the class and the number of students okay but
then the name of the classes are all messed up. What can I do to make all
the data display in a coherent manner?