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From: v132gcnx@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (John A Feinberg)
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Subject: Excel charting question
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Date: 26 Nov 90 05:22:28 GMT
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I'm learning how to use Excel 2.2, and I've run across what I consider to be
a rather major problem.  I would like to use Excel to make numerical graphs.
From what I see, what would be the x-axis in a graph is the 'category' axis in
an Excel chart.  The category axis consists of just that; categories.  If I have
three sets of points (0,0), (1,1), and (3,3), the three on the x-axis will be
the same distance from the 1 as the 1 is from the zero.  As far as I'm concer-
ned, that makes the chart useless!  What I would like is for Excel to 'know'
that the values on both the x and y axes are values, and not categories, and
to graph them properly.  Is there any way to do this?  Otherwise I'll be stuck
with an antiquated graphing program!

John Feinberg
SUNY Buffalo