X - axis labels

I have a chart with years on the x-axis. The data starts with 1983, but I
would like the first x-axis label to be 1984 or 1985. How can I do this,
without simply getting rid of the 1983 data point? Thanks.

Do you want to hide the label but keep the data point? Use a custom number
format like
[=1983]"";General
for the axis labels.

Do you want to hide the point too? Change the source data range of the chart
so it starts one row (or column) later.

- Jon
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Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
Tutorials and Custom Solutions
http://PeltierTech.com
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"IgorM" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>I have a chart with years on the x-axis. The data starts with 1983, but I
> would like the first x-axis label to be 1984 or 1985. How can I do this,
> without simply getting rid of the 1983 data point? Thanks.

Thank you, but I think I need to explain my problem a little differently.
Given a data set from 1983 to 2000, I would like the x-axis labels to be
1985, 1990, 1995, 2000. I know how to make Excel only show every 5th year,
but I don't know how to make it start with 1985 rather than 1983 without
deleting the 1983 and 1984 data points.

"Jon Peltier" wrote:

> Do you want to hide the label but keep the data point? Use a custom number
> format like
> [=1983]"";General
> for the axis labels.
>
> Do you want to hide the point too? Change the source data range of the chart
> so it starts one row (or column) later.
>
> - Jon
> -------
> Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
> Tutorials and Custom Solutions
> http://PeltierTech.com
> _______
>
>
> "IgorM" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> >I have a chart with years on the x-axis. The data starts with 1983, but I
> > would like the first x-axis label to be 1984 or 1985. How can I do this,
> > without simply getting rid of the 1983 data point? Thanks.
>
>
>

Excel starts its labels with the first value along the axis. My technique
hides the first one and starts with the second. But you want to start the
labels at a different place. Excl won't do it with regular axis labels, but
you can recruit other chart elements to help:

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

- Jon
-------
Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
Tutorials and Custom Solutions
http://PeltierTech.com
_______


"IgorM" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Thank you, but I think I need to explain my problem a little differently.
> Given a data set from 1983 to 2000, I would like the x-axis labels to be
> 1985, 1990, 1995, 2000. I know how to make Excel only show every 5th year,
> but I don't know how to make it start with 1985 rather than 1983 without
> deleting the 1983 and 1984 data points.
>
> "Jon Peltier" wrote:
>
>> Do you want to hide the label but keep the data point? Use a custom
>> number
>> format like
>> [=1983]"";General
>> for the axis labels.
>>
>> Do you want to hide the point too? Change the source data range of the
>> chart
>> so it starts one row (or column) later.
>>
>> - Jon
>> -------
>> Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
>> Tutorials and Custom Solutions
>> http://PeltierTech.com
>> _______
>>
>>
>> "IgorM" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>> >I have a chart with years on the x-axis. The data starts with 1983, but
>> >I
>> > would like the first x-axis label to be 1984 or 1985. How can I do
>> > this,
>> > without simply getting rid of the 1983 data point? Thanks.
>>
>>
>>