specify date source for x-axis (adjacent to data column in Excel)
 

MS Excel 2002: From a column of dates and an adjacent column of dollar
values, how do I specify the dates in the first column as the source of dates
displayed on the x-axis of a related chart (in another worksheet in the same
workbook)? The plotted dollar data shows correctly but the dates on the
x-axis start at 1/1/00 rather than the dates in the data worksheet.

specify date source for x-axis (adjacent to data column in Excel)
 

Make sure that there are no blank cells in the column of dates, and that the
dates not only look like dates to a human observer, but are interpreted as
numerical dates by Excel. (Excel uses 1, 2, 3, etc. along the X axis if the
category labels or values are non-numerical. In date terms, Excel starts
with day 1 at 1-Jan-1900, or 1/1/00.)

- Jon
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MS Excel 2002: From a column of dates and an adjacent column of dollar
values, how do I specify the dates in the first column as the source of
dates
displayed on the x-axis of a related chart (in another worksheet in the
same
workbook)? The plotted dollar data shows correctly but the dates on the
x-axis start at 1/1/00 rather than the dates in the data worksheet.