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From: jeffe@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (George Jefferson )
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: MS Excel
Keywords: charts
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Date: 31 Jan 91 22:12:42 GMT
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:Actually, the columns don't have to be consecutive--I used to think so as
:well, but somebody on the net corrected me.  You select the x column first,
:and then select the other column while holding down either the option key

Another neat trick, you can edit the series descriptions in chart 'mode'.
Say you have an existing chart, and you want a new series with the same
x 'column' as an existing one - you can select the series copy, paste, 
chnage the y `column` reference and now you have a new series on the chart.

Excell is _almost_ useful for x/y charting.  If it werent for a few
stupid quirks, like the lack of a line-only scatter graph...sigh





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-george            george@mech.seas.upenn.edu