Comments on: Why I don’t like Excel 2007 charts http://peltiertech.com/WordPress/why-i-dont-like-excel-2007-charts/ Peltier Tech Excel Charts and Programming Blog Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:51:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Nicki http://peltiertech.com/WordPress/why-i-dont-like-excel-2007-charts/comment-page-2/#comment-176453 Nicki Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:52:15 +0000 http://peltiertech.com/WordPress/?p=733#comment-176453 Help, please. I have created a line chart in Excel 2007. I have selected the data series. I have the axis formated so that the data would fit within it. I have formatted the lines(if they would show up). I have a legend. However, nothing shows up in my chart - no lines, nothing. Help, please.
I have created a line chart in Excel 2007. I have selected the data series. I have the axis formated so that the data would fit within it. I have formatted the lines(if they would show up). I have a legend. However, nothing shows up in my chart – no lines, nothing.

]]> By: Don Shillady http://peltiertech.com/WordPress/why-i-dont-like-excel-2007-charts/comment-page-1/#comment-164348 Don Shillady Thu, 15 Dec 2011 17:20:16 +0000 http://peltiertech.com/WordPress/?p=733#comment-164348 Thanks for your assistance with a simple but annoying problem. I have learned that when in doubt to place the cursor over the item of interest and right-click to find hidden options. So far I have found. "Excel 2007 Quiksteps" by John Cronan to be only slightly helpful compared to other useless texts on Excel 2007. Excel-2007 seems to be dedicated to drawing fancy charts for business applications with little thought to what is my bread and butter in drawing black line graphs of mathematical functions, although I do enjoy the R^2 curve fitting and the dotted/dashed line options. So far I have not found a "how-to" book dedicated to the fancy versions of drawing functions as can be applied to publications. Thanks for your assistance with a simple but annoying problem. I have learned that when in doubt to place the cursor over the item of interest and right-click to find hidden options. So far I have found. “Excel 2007 Quiksteps” by John Cronan to be only slightly helpful compared to other useless texts on Excel 2007. Excel-2007 seems to be dedicated to drawing fancy charts for business applications with little thought to what is my bread and butter in drawing black line graphs of mathematical functions, although I do enjoy the R^2 curve fitting and the dotted/dashed line options. So far I have not found a “how-to” book dedicated to the fancy versions of drawing functions as can be applied to publications.

]]> By: Jon Peltier http://peltiertech.com/WordPress/why-i-dont-like-excel-2007-charts/comment-page-1/#comment-164045 Jon Peltier Wed, 14 Dec 2011 18:05:52 +0000 http://peltiertech.com/WordPress/?p=733#comment-164045 Don - Format Series > Marker Options > No Marker Don – Format Series > Marker Options > No Marker

]]> By: Don Shillady http://peltiertech.com/WordPress/why-i-dont-like-excel-2007-charts/comment-page-1/#comment-164030 Don Shillady Wed, 14 Dec 2011 16:45:18 +0000 http://peltiertech.com/WordPress/?p=733#comment-164030 Thanks for the opportunity to ask questions about Excel-2007. I use the 2007 version for book illustrations and research papers. All I need/want is the ability to create black line graphs of mathematical functions. My problem is with the "Format Line" option. There seems to be some sort of hierarchy needed to select some features before others but there are many possibilities. All I want to do is create a closely spaced x-axis file and then see a continuous line for the y-axis but there are a lot of confusing options for "marker fill". I just want a black line with no marker fill and sometimes I get it right by accident but other times I waste a lot of valuable time trying to get rid of the markers. What is the sequential procedure to eliminate all the marrker fill and just get a black line? Thanks for the opportunity to ask questions about Excel-2007. I use the 2007 version for book illustrations and research papers. All I need/want is the ability to create black line graphs of mathematical functions. My problem is with the “Format Line” option. There seems to be some sort of hierarchy needed to select some features before others but there are many possibilities. All I want to do is create a closely spaced x-axis file and then see a continuous line for the y-axis but there are a lot of confusing options for “marker fill”. I just want a black line with no marker fill and sometimes I get it right by accident but other times I waste a lot of valuable time trying to get rid of the markers. What is the sequential procedure to eliminate all the marrker fill and just get a black line?

]]> By: 14 Misconceptions About Charts and Graphs « « The Excel Charts Blog The Excel Charts Blog http://peltiertech.com/WordPress/why-i-dont-like-excel-2007-charts/comment-page-1/#comment-160462 14 Misconceptions About Charts and Graphs « « The Excel Charts Blog The Excel Charts Blog Sat, 03 Dec 2011 15:26:33 +0000 http://peltiertech.com/WordPress/?p=733#comment-160462 [...] to use Excel 2007 charts to post images in this blog. He doesn't agree and he tries to prove in his last post that charts in Excel 2003 are actually better. He uses good examples to prove his point but I [...] [...] to use Excel 2007 charts to post images in this blog. He doesn't agree and he tries to prove in his last post that charts in Excel 2003 are actually better. He uses good examples to prove his point but I [...]

]]> By: Nick Bilis http://peltiertech.com/WordPress/why-i-dont-like-excel-2007-charts/comment-page-1/#comment-78808 Nick Bilis Thu, 17 Mar 2011 14:27:20 +0000 http://peltiertech.com/WordPress/?p=733#comment-78808 Jon, Thanks for your reply ....looks like I will revert back to 2003 since the charts are fed dynamically from another system and I don't want to create macros to fix this. I don't understand why MS didn't include a no themes option with autocolor. Regards, Nick Jon,

Thanks for your reply ….looks like I will revert back to 2003 since the charts are fed dynamically from another system and I don’t want to create macros to fix this. I don’t understand why MS didn’t include a no themes option with autocolor.

Regards,
Nick

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