minimum on chart

Hi
I have a line chart which plots data in the range 2100 - 3000

How do I stop the chart having a big blank area from 0 - 2000 ?

thanks
Mike

are you sure you don't have an x-y chart rather than a line chart?
if it is an X-Y chart you should be able to select the axis and select the
limits
if it is a line chart the data series must be immense.

"mikey" wrote:

> Hi
> I have a line chart which plots data in the range 2100 - 3000
>
> How do I stop the chart having a big blank area from 0 - 2000 ?
>
> thanks
> Mike
>
>
>

Even in an XY chart, if the minimum value is less than a certain
percentage (66%?) of the maximum value, Excel's scaling algorithm
defaults to a minimum of zero. Double click the axis, and choose a more
reasonable minimum value.

- Jon
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bj wrote:

> are you sure you don't have an x-y chart rather than a line chart?
> if it is an X-Y chart you should be able to select the axis and select the
> limits
> if it is a line chart the data series must be immense.
>
> "mikey" wrote:
>
>
>>Hi
>>I have a line chart which plots data in the range 2100 - 3000
>>
>>How do I stop the chart having a big blank area from 0 - 2000 ?
>>
>>thanks
>>Mike
>>
>>
>>

"Jon Peltier" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Double click the axis, and choose a more
> reasonable minimum value.
>
> - Jon

Thank You, Jon - that was what I needed to know