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if i want to shade the plot area of a chart diferent colors, for example gray
from Jan 1 through Fed 17, then white until March 10, is that possible? Will
want to change the shadinging preiodically and fairly frequently.

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Hi,

You should be able to use the technique explained on Jon's page
http://peltiertech.com/Excel/Charts/...ticalBand.html

Cheers
Andy

steve wrote:
if i want to shade the plot area of a chart diferent colors, for example gray
from Jan 1 through Fed 17, then white until March 10, is that possible? Will
want to change the shadinging preiodically and fairly frequently.

Thank you


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