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I'm trying to set up a simpe line graph with months label on the x-
axis....but just i can't label the months , just comes out the numbers 1 to
12. Any help. The source data are months, and I tried messing around with
the axis label but can't seem to cahnge it...
Thanks.
Jeremy
 
If you're creating an XY-scatter chart, and your "months" are Text
(i.e,. "Jan","Feb","Mar",etc.) rather than XL dates, that's what you'll
get, since XL doesn't know how to convert "Jan" to a date.

You could make a line chart, instead, or change your dates to true dates
(even if you format them to only show months).

If that's not what's happening, what form are your months in? Are they
true dates or Text?
 
JE

Thanks for the reply. Its just a simply line chart (Sales per month). The
months are just text (January, Febuary, etc) but they show up as "1" , "2"
etc instead of "january", "febuary" etc....
I tried changing the axis format, tried pasting the source data to new
cells but can't seem to get the text as the labels...
Thanks
Jeremy
 
jeremy via OfficeKB.com said:
Thanks for the reply. Its just a simply line chart (Sales per month). The
months are just text (January, Febuary, etc) but they show up as "1" , "2"
etc instead of "january", "febuary" etc....
I tried changing the axis format, tried pasting the source data to new
cells but can't seem to get the text as the labels...
Click to expand...

When I create a simple line chart (upper left subtype) with this data
(text in column A, numbers in column B):

A B
1 Jan 10
2 Feb 20
3 Mar 30
4 Apr 40

I get a chart with Jan, Feb, Mar & Apr as the labels by default. Do you
get something different?
 
JE

Ya i get something different. The months appear as "1" "2" "3" instead of
"jan" "feb" "mar"....

jeremy
 
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