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Old 06-16-2005, 04:05 PM
mem
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Splitting the y-axis

Can I split the scale of the y-axis so that it jumps from a lower value to a
higher, e.g. value of 80 to 300 to account for a few large data points I
have? This would be like putting a 'wiggle' in the axis.
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Old 06-16-2005, 08:05 PM
Barb R.
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RE: Splitting the y-axis

Try this:

http://peltiertech.com/Excel/Charts/axes.html#Broken

"mem" wrote:

> Can I split the scale of the y-axis so that it jumps from a lower value to a
> higher, e.g. value of 80 to 300 to account for a few large data points I
> have? This would be like putting a 'wiggle' in the axis.

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Old 06-16-2005, 09:05 PM
Jon Peltier
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Re: Splitting the y-axis

I have an example on my web site:

http://peltiertech.com/Excel/Charts/BrokenYAxis.html

and so do Andy Pope and Tushar Mehta:

http://andypope.info/charts/brokencolumn.htm
http://tushar-mehta.com/excel/newsgr...xis/index.html

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mem wrote:

> Can I split the scale of the y-axis so that it jumps from a lower value to a
> higher, e.g. value of 80 to 300 to account for a few large data points I
> have? This would be like putting a 'wiggle' in the axis.

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Old 06-17-2005, 04:05 AM
fernando cinquegrani
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Re: Splitting the y-axis

In news:3146E1C6-9A04-462B-AB41-DAF130FDEEDE@microsoft.com,
mem scrive:
> Can I split the scale of the y-axis so that it jumps from a lower value to a
> higher, e.g. value of 80 to 300 to account for a few large data points I
> have? This would be like putting a 'wiggle' in the axis.


take a look:
http://www.prodomosua.it/zips/taglio.xls
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