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Ineffective change of plot order in series formula
Hi Leslie -
Are you using a clustered column chart or a stacked column chart? Or a combination chart? When I change the plot order, each series retains its formatting. If the series is moved earlier in the plot order, it moves lower in the stack or further to the left in the cluster. The legend entry moves accordingly. Note that in combination charts, each chart type has its own layer it stays within (and the same section of the legend). Area series are always behind other types, Scatter series are always in front, and the others lie at intermediate places. You can only rearrange like series within their level (and legend section). - Jon ------- Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP Peltier Technical Services Tutorials and Custom Solutions http://PeltierTech.com/ _______ Leslie wrote: I am trying to take advantage of the ability to change the plot order of a series in a chart which has multiple series. To test that ability, I opened a new workbook and filled in sheet 1 as follows: I put a-c in A2:A4; x-z in B11; and 1-9 in B24. I then used the chart wizard to create charts which: were clustered or stacked; had their series in rows or columns; and were embedded in sheet 1 or appeared in chart 1. In any of the permutations just mentioned, selecting a series and then changing its plot order by editing the series formula which appeared in the formula bar caused the series concerned to switch places with one or both of the other series, just as expected. Then I switched to my "real" chart, which is on a separate chartsheet. It has some columns consisting of a single series and some consisting of multiple series. When I tried to switch the place of series in a multiple series column by editing their plot orders in their series formulas, all worked as expected. However, when I tried by the same method to switch the places of two single series columns, although the plot orders were changed, the places of the columns weren't. They remained as before. In case it is thought relevant, I add that the columns I tried to switch were both plotted against the same axes. Was the outcome I've just described inevitable (perhaps a consequence of the fact that the chart has both single series and multiple series columns?) or is there something which can be done to make the editing of the plot orders of the single series columns effective? |
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