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    Vertical axis

    Hello, I am trying to use Excel in order to teach kids about functions. I would like to show the different graphs for the simplest functions such as direct proportionality. So for example if we draw the graph manually, we can see that if we change the formula from y=2x to say y=10x, the slope of the line changes. However, Excel rather changes the values on the vertical axis. Unfortunately I wasn't able to set it to changing the slope of the line, can it be done? I am attaching a screen.
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    Thanks very much!

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    Re: Vertical axis

    It should be as simple as formatting the vertical (and horizontal axis) to fixed values. Instructions for formatting chart elements: https://support.office.com/en-us/art...1-9d3ed9f0dbf0 Bring up the format axis pane and select "fixed values" for the max and min of each axis, then enter suitable values for the max and min.
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    Re: Vertical axis

    You need to format the vertical axis to be the minimum and maximum of the resulting value based on your formula. Otherwise Excel will auto adjust the scale to suit the data.

    This small example will take values between -10 and 10.
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