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Creating a chart
- Apr 25, 2021
Ted_W1855 No real secrets, but the last four numbers in your list are texts. How did you enter them? Just retype them and it will work as desired.
Ted_W1855 No real secrets, but the last four numbers in your list are texts. How did you enter them? Just retype them and it will work as desired.
- AlohaBill77Sep 26, 2021Copper ContributorSimilar problem, and perhaps I haven't looked closely enough at the charts in the past. Data in Excel is in two columns, Date and Weight (for my dog). The weights graph correctly but the dates do not. By default, the dates on the horizontal axis go in one month increments from whatever the first date was. I want Excel to plot exactly what the data says. Is there a way to do that? The resulting chart works (in that it shows an overall trend) but it bugs me that the axis labels are exactly 1 month apart, and the actual data points are hidden unless you click on the chart, then click on the line. It does appear that the weights are "between" the axis labels, so the chart is technically correct.
- Riny_van_EekelenSep 26, 2021Platinum Contributor
AlohaBill77 Not really similar, so it would have been better to open a new thread fro your question.
Right-click on the horizontal axis and choose to format it. Then you should see an option that sets the major units to 1 month. You can change it to 1 day, or 7 days, if you so desire. But it could clutter the axis, especially if you have many data points or if you are covering a long period.
Example (screenshots taken on a Mac, but it's similar on a PC)
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- Ted_W1855Apr 25, 2021Copper Contributor
Riny_van_EekelenDuh! Too easy. Now I feel really stupid. Thanks for your prompt reply.