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Old April 9th, 2010, 05:22 PM posted to microsoft.public.excel.charting
David Biddulph
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Default Excel - why use a logarithmic scale in a chart?

If in your chart you have some large numbers and use a linear scale, you
won't see differences in small numbers.
try, for example a series like
1
2
1.00E+05
2.00E+05
Plot the series on a linear scale (& see whether you can see the difference
between the first two points), then change it to log.
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David Biddulph


"Polly" wrote in message
...
I understand how to change the scale on the value axis to logarithmic, I
am
just not sure why I would do so.