Nonnumerical Axis in Excel Charts
 

Hello,

Essentially, when plotting a series of Acid/Base ratios in cells with text
formatting (ex. "0/100", "10/90", etc.") (X-axis) versus temperature change
per ratio (Y-axis), Excel charts the actual row numbers (ex. 1, 2, 3, etc.)
for the X-axis instead of "0/100", "10/90", etc. Fraction and Number
formatting of the ratio cells does not change this either. Thank you.

Robert Agee
Purdue University

Nonnumerical Axis in Excel Charts
 

It depends which chart type you use.
If you use column chart type, the X axis should be your lables (10/90, etc.)
not row numbers.
If you use X-Y charts, most likely you will get numbers as your X-axis.
If possible, please email me your file so I can do it for you.


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"Robert Agee" <Robert wrote in message
...
Hello,

Essentially, when plotting a series of Acid/Base ratios in cells with text
formatting (ex. "0/100", "10/90", etc.") (X-axis) versus temperature
change
per ratio (Y-axis), Excel charts the actual row numbers (ex. 1, 2, 3,
etc.)
for the X-axis instead of "0/100", "10/90", etc. Fraction and Number
formatting of the ratio cells does not change this either. Thank you.

Robert Agee
Purdue University

Nonnumerical Axis in Excel Charts
 

If you have nonnumerical data in the X value range, an XY chart will use 1,
2, 3 for the X values. If you convert the labels to values, and use an
appropriate number format, you may be able to achieve what you need.
(Applying number formats to text will not help.) Use =0/100, =10/90, etc in
the cells; I'm not sure what to use for a number format, since the
denominator is changing.

If you have to fake the labels, try this:

http://peltiertech.com/Excel/Charts/ArbitraryAxis.html

or any of these:

http://peltiertech.com/Excel/Charts/...tml#AxisScales

- Jon
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"Robert Agee" <Robert wrote in message
...
Hello,

Essentially, when plotting a series of Acid/Base ratios in cells with text
formatting (ex. "0/100", "10/90", etc.") (X-axis) versus temperature
change
per ratio (Y-axis), Excel charts the actual row numbers (ex. 1, 2, 3,
etc.)
for the X-axis instead of "0/100", "10/90", etc. Fraction and Number
formatting of the ratio cells does not change this either. Thank you.

Robert Agee
Purdue University

Nonnumerical Axis in Excel Charts
 

I had to plot the data on an XY scatter plot graph. However, a friend of
mine said he completed it by using a line graph, then removing the line. In
that way I was able to have the axis labels as I wanted them. Thanks to Jon
an dDaniel for replying. I hope it gives insight to anyone else with similar
problems

Robert Agee
Purdue University