Thread: Chart Increments & Reduce Crowding

I have a chart that starts incrementing at 5,000. Is there a way to truncate say between 0 - 25,000 (and perhaps show it as a broken bar graph, like other graphing programs can do)? If not, is there at least a way to make the increments larger?

Also, I am putting the value labels on the top of each bar. They are extremely crowded and overlap each other, even when I make the font tiny. Any suggestions?

Thanks!

Hi,

Broken axes is not a built-in feature but here are some examples of how
to produce the effect.

http://peltiertech.com/Excel/Charts/BrokenYAxis.html
http://tushar-mehta.com/excel/newsgr...tutorial/index...
http://www.andypope.info/charts/brokencolumn.htm

Does turning the labels thru 90 degrees help?

Cheers
Andy

thigley986 wrote:
> I have a chart that starts incrementing at 5,000. Is there a way to
> truncate say between 0 - 25,000 (and perhaps show it as a broken bar
> graph, like other graphing programs can do)? If not, is there at least
> a way to make the increments larger?
>
> Also, I am putting the value labels on the top of each bar. They are
> extremely crowded and overlap each other, even when I make the font
> tiny. Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks!
>
>

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Andy Pope, Microsoft MVP - Excel
http://www.andypope.info