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    Question Formatting 2nd Axis

    Hi,

    I have some bar and line graphs with two Y axes. The problem is that the right (2nd) axis has automatically formatted so that the line lies neatly over the bars, except I want to change it so that the y-axis crosses the x-axis at 0 as the graph is otherwise misleading. I can format the first (lhs) axis to do what ever I want, but I can't format this axis.

    Clicking on the RHS axis: Format Axis -scale tab - Category (X) axis crosses at: "0" is ticked but it still crosses at a different point (eg 0.05).

    I have 7 different graphs which all have the same problem.

    Is there any way I can change this?

    Thanks

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    Re: Formatting 2nd Axis

    Have you tried ghost data to set the scales?
    Plot the ABS(Min(Data)) and Max(Data)
    format the axis to clear.
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    Re: Formatting 2nd Axis

    the only example I have for you to follow to look at the Ghost data to size chart scale
    hope it helps
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    Re: Formatting 2nd Axis

    Cheers
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    Re: Formatting 2nd Axis

    Thanks for you help. Andy, that website is exactly what I was after.

    Thanks again!

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