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smooth graph lines
I am using Office 2003 (Excel) to create a line graph representing daily
ranking. However, there are several dates for which values are not available. Is it possible to have Excel put a flat line in place of the missing values, connecting only the available data? Thanks, |
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Patience wrote:
I am using Office 2003 (Excel) to create a line graph representing daily ranking. However, there are several dates for which values are not available. Is it possible to have Excel put a flat line in place of the missing values, connecting only the available data? Thanks, --------------------- A couple of observations: 1) If you do not include the missing dates in your X data, then the chart will do what you want. 2) Depending on what you're doing, I also sometimes will put an interpolation formula into the missing Y cells to fill in the missing data. When doing that I also change the formatting to a colored background so that the interpolated data points are obvious. Good luck... Bill |
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Based on your subject line "smooth graph line", here is another option.
Use #N/A in place of your missing data. Right click the line in your graph, and select "Format Data Series" Select the "Patterns" tab, and check "Smoothed line" HTH :) -- Dana DeLouis Win XP & Office 2003 "Patience" wrote in message ... I am using Office 2003 (Excel) to create a line graph representing daily ranking. However, there are several dates for which values are not available. Is it possible to have Excel put a flat line in place of the missing values, connecting only the available data? Thanks, |
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If the cells are truly empty (i.e., no formula that results in a zero
length string ""), selec the chart then Tools | Options... | Chart tab. In there set 'Plot empty cells as' to 'Interpolated' If you do have the "" string, replae it with the NA() function. -- Regards, Tushar Mehta www.tushar-mehta.com Excel, PowerPoint, and VBA add-ins, tutorials Custom MS Office productivity solutions In article , says... I am using Office 2003 (Excel) to create a line graph representing daily ranking. However, there are several dates for which values are not available. Is it possible to have Excel put a flat line in place of the missing values, connecting only the available data? Thanks, |
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I had the same problem, I wanted to distribute my values on the category (x)
axis evenly despite missing value points. #N/A works fine, but becomes quite clumsy if I want to print the whole work-sheet. I tried to hide the rows containing #N/A-values, but then the wanted effect dissapears in the chart. Is there another way to plot data on a linear x-scale in excel? Best regards, Sanna "Dana DeLouis" wrote: Based on your subject line "smooth graph line", here is another option. Use #N/A in place of your missing data. Right click the line in your graph, and select "Format Data Series" Select the "Patterns" tab, and check "Smoothed line" HTH :) -- Dana DeLouis Win XP & Office 2003 "Patience" wrote in message ... I am using Office 2003 (Excel) to create a line graph representing daily ranking. However, there are several dates for which values are not available. Is it possible to have Excel put a flat line in place of the missing values, connecting only the available data? Thanks, |
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