LINE CHARTS

I am new to Excel 2003

This is a second posting. The first ans I got did not help me at all.

I have a line chart for the year - Jan thru Dec. Right now the chart only
contains data for Jan thru April. Then the line goes down to the bottom of
the chart (to May - zero data point). I call this the "tail". I know it is
there because I do not have any data in May-Dec yet. But I want to get rid
of the tail. On Excel 2000, I was able to right click, near the data point,
and choose "no line" and the "tail" went away. Now when I do this, either all
of the lines between the points disappear or the tail jumps to the next month
(June).

How do I get rid of the tail? I know I could limit the source data
to just the months I have data in, but I really do not want to go back into
the charts every month and re-set the source data each month. I have about
20 charts with anywhere from 2 - 6 lines on each chart. To do this would be
a real pain.

Can anyone help me or point me in the right direction? I need to complete
these charts ASAP.

Aurora

To automate your chart
have a look at :
http://techrepublic.com.com/5100-108...ml?tag=nl.e056

This describes a method to automattically change the data ranges.

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Greetings from New Zealand
Bill K

"Aurora" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>I am new to Excel 2003
>
> This is a second posting. The first ans I got did not help me at all.
>
> I have a line chart for the year - Jan thru Dec. Right now the chart only
> contains data for Jan thru April. Then the line goes down to the bottom of
> the chart (to May - zero data point). I call this the "tail". I know it is
> there because I do not have any data in May-Dec yet. But I want to get rid
> of the tail. On Excel 2000, I was able to right click, near the data
> point,
> and choose "no line" and the "tail" went away. Now when I do this, either
> all
> of the lines between the points disappear or the tail jumps to the next
> month
> (June).
>
> How do I get rid of the tail? I know I could limit the source data
> to just the months I have data in, but I really do not want to go back
> into
> the charts every month and re-set the source data each month. I have about
> 20 charts with anywhere from 2 - 6 lines on each chart. To do this would
> be
> a real pain.
>
> Can anyone help me or point me in the right direction? I need to complete
> these charts ASAP.
>
> Aurora
>
>