Re: 2 X-axes in MS Graph
From: Ellinoz (Ellinoz_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 03/02/05
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Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2005 14:43:06 -0800
Thanks for that Bill. How I and my colleagues laughed when we read your
advice. Not because it was in any way bad (before I get banned from this
community), but because we work in an investment bank, where the trend seems
to be towards complicating things as much as possible (including insisting we
use MS Graph for all their complicated financial data!!).
But thanks for setting my mind at ease that MS Graph definitely doesn't do
the job on that score. I thought I must be missing something incredibly
simple if it gave you the option for 2 x-axes without the option for
different x-axes!
"Bill Dilworth" wrote:
> You've given yourself the answer without realizing it.
>
> MS Graph is somewhat limited. Ummm. MS Graph is to limited as Everest is
> to mountain. Oh well, it isn't meant to be the end-all, top-of-the-line
> graphing program, it is just a helper app. It will graph out 99% of what is
> needed in PowerPoint slides.
>
> But, you said that Excel does what you want just fine. Why not cut and
> paste the graph from Excel into PowerPoint?
>
> Now, having said how, let's talk about if. If the graph is so complicated
> that it needs to be done in excel, you may want to re-think its use. Either
> present the information in a simpler format or break the information into
> smaller units. I've seen many presentations bogged down by graphs that try
> to incorporate all the data but don't clearly communicate anything. KISS
> principle in presentations. Simple facts. Strait forward ideas. Images
> (including graphs) that clearly illustrate.
>
> Maybe MS Graph will be enough if you simply your displayed data. One thing
> you may want to do is hand a copy of your graph to a co-worker (audience
> peer) and ask them what it shows. If they ask more than 2 or 3 questions
> without 'getting it' (the reason you are showing the graph), the graph may
> be too complicated to use in a presentation.
>
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> "Ellinoz" <Ellinoz@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:7CEA2770-B871-4DE6-8E05-B458C8A58D8A@microsoft.com...
> >I am trying to create a combination chart that has two y-axes and two
> >x-axes
> > with different values. This is because we have 2 columnar series on the
> > bottom x-axis, with 5 data points to be shown for 2001-2005E, and then a
> > line
> > series to go on the top x-axes, with roughly 1400 data points for daily
> > values over the same time period!
> >
> > I know this can be done in Excel but I can't seem to assign the second
> > x-axis values in the datasheet in MS Graph. Does anyone know if this
> > functionality is one of the missing pieces in Graph, or can it be done?
>
>
>
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