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Editing the screen tip on a scatter graph
I have a scatter graph but would like to be able to edit the screen tip -
when I hover over a point the screen tip shows the x and y values. I have a look up to the x value - this is not ideal as the x value may not be unique and requires the user to input the x value to a cell for the look up to retrieve the required data. Is there any way that I can edit the data source that the screen-tip / hover displays (e.g. offsetting from the column the data value is retrieved from) or do I have to merge my x and y values to ensure that the look-up is searching a unique value. Thanks in anticipation |
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Editing the screen tip on a scatter graph
You can't edit the chart tip, but you can fake it with chart event macros
and custom formatted textboxes. It's a lot of work, but you can download Tushar Mehta's free Chart Hover Label utility to handle it for you, from http://tushar-mehta.com. - Jon ------- Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP Peltier Technical Services Tutorials and Custom Solutions http://PeltierTech.com/ _______ "MH UK" wrote in message ... I have a scatter graph but would like to be able to edit the screen tip - when I hover over a point the screen tip shows the x and y values. I have a look up to the x value - this is not ideal as the x value may not be unique and requires the user to input the x value to a cell for the look up to retrieve the required data. Is there any way that I can edit the data source that the screen-tip / hover displays (e.g. offsetting from the column the data value is retrieved from) or do I have to merge my x and y values to ensure that the look-up is searching a unique value. Thanks in anticipation |
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Editing the screen tip on a scatter graph
Thanks Jon.
I will try not to be put off by "It's a lot of work" and see what I can do. "Jon Peltier" wrote: You can't edit the chart tip, but you can fake it with chart event macros and custom formatted textboxes. It's a lot of work, but you can download Tushar Mehta's free Chart Hover Label utility to handle it for you, from http://tushar-mehta.com. - Jon ------- Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP Peltier Technical Services Tutorials and Custom Solutions http://PeltierTech.com/ _______ "MH UK" wrote in message ... I have a scatter graph but would like to be able to edit the screen tip - when I hover over a point the screen tip shows the x and y values. I have a look up to the x value - this is not ideal as the x value may not be unique and requires the user to input the x value to a cell for the look up to retrieve the required data. Is there any way that I can edit the data source that the screen-tip / hover displays (e.g. offsetting from the column the data value is retrieved from) or do I have to merge my x and y values to ensure that the look-up is searching a unique value. Thanks in anticipation |
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