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label points on an XY graph

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    Eric
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    label points on an XY graph

    Please add the ability to label points in an XY graph. This feature was
    available in the very first release of Lotus 123 in used back in 1984. The
    add in "XY lChart abeler" works okay, but is very slow with large data sets
    and does not work well when the data is modified (e.g. it does not adjust
    when a row is deleted).

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    Ed Ferrero
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    Re: label points on an XY graph

    HI Eric,

    As I remember, when Lotus 123 was released in 1984, it had no charting
    capability at all. We used an external program to build charts (Harvard
    Graphics?). Lotus did not add charts until 1989 or 91. Excel had them in
    1990 - can't remember if charts were available before then.

    Ed Ferrero
    http://www.edferrero.com

    > Please add the ability to label points in an XY graph. This feature was
    > available in the very first release of Lotus 123 in used back in 1984. The
    > add in "XY lChart abeler" works okay, but is very slow with large data
    > sets
    > and does not work well when the data is modified (e.g. it does not adjust
    > when a row is deleted).
    >
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    > This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the
    > suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I
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    > this
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    > http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...excel.charting




  3. #3
    Ed Ferrero
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    Re: label points on an XY graph

    Hi Eric,

    Whoops, you are, of course, correct. I based my answer on my own
    recollections of using Lotus 1-2-3. Strangely, I do not recall making use of
    1-2-3s graphics capabiliites, but do remember using Harvard Graphics
    extensively.

    >Ed-


    >I’m pretty sure that being able to graph within the main program was


    >the main difference between Visicalc and Lotus 123. According to this


    <history
    http://www.aresluna.org/attached/com...?printable=yes

    > it was a feature of Lotus in 1983. This was a great boon to me, because


    > I had spent a lot of time writing programs to extract data from Visicalc


    > for plotting.




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