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Old August 11th, 2008, 06:35 PM posted to microsoft.public.excel.charting
hawaiiham2000
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Default Goal line or target line to Excell 2007 Chart

Is there a simple way to add a "goal line" or "target" line to a chart? I've
looked at the previous posts and can't seem to figure it out. Thanks!
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Old August 11th, 2008, 06:46 PM posted to microsoft.public.excel.charting
Andy Pope
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Default Goal line or target line to Excell 2007 Chart

Hi,

Have you look at these explanations?

http://www.andypope.info/charts/averageline.htm
http://peltiertech.com/Excel/Charts/AddLine.html
http://tushar-mehta.com/excel/charts...nes/index.html

Cheers
Andy

hawaiiham2000 wrote:
Is there a simple way to add a "goal line" or "target" line to a chart? I've
looked at the previous posts and can't seem to figure it out. Thanks!


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Old August 11th, 2008, 06:57 PM posted to microsoft.public.excel.charting
David Biddulph
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Default Goal line or target line to Excell 2007 Chart

Yes. On your worksheet, produce a data series that represents the line you
want (in the simplest case Xmin Ymin as one point and Xmax Ymax as a second
point), then add that series as an an extra series on your chart.
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Is there a simple way to add a "goal line" or "target" line to a chart?
I've
looked at the previous posts and can't seem to figure it out. Thanks!



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Old August 11th, 2008, 09:10 PM posted to microsoft.public.excel.charting
hawaiiham2000
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Default Goal line or target line to Excell 2007 Chart

So I would just put a column of data next to my data series and use autofill
to copy the same number down for the goal?

But how could I create a horizontal line representing a goal or target that
would go across on a bar chart besides just manual drawing a line?


"David Biddulph" wrote:

Yes. On your worksheet, produce a data series that represents the line you
want (in the simplest case Xmin Ymin as one point and Xmax Ymax as a second
point), then add that series as an an extra series on your chart.
--
David Biddulph

"hawaiiham2000" wrote in message
...
Is there a simple way to add a "goal line" or "target" line to a chart?
I've
looked at the previous posts and can't seem to figure it out. Thanks!




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Old August 11th, 2008, 10:15 PM posted to microsoft.public.excel.charting
Jon Peltier
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Default Goal line or target line to Excell 2007 Chart

Try the links that Andy posted. Or try this:

http://peltiertech.com/WordPress/200...a-target-line/

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"hawaiiham2000" wrote in message
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So I would just put a column of data next to my data series and use
autofill
to copy the same number down for the goal?

But how could I create a horizontal line representing a goal or target
that
would go across on a bar chart besides just manual drawing a line?


"David Biddulph" wrote:

Yes. On your worksheet, produce a data series that represents the line
you
want (in the simplest case Xmin Ymin as one point and Xmax Ymax as a
second
point), then add that series as an an extra series on your chart.
--
David Biddulph

"hawaiiham2000" wrote in
message
...
Is there a simple way to add a "goal line" or "target" line to a chart?
I've
looked at the previous posts and can't seem to figure it out. Thanks!






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Old October 2nd, 2009, 05:35 PM posted to microsoft.public.excel.charting
Pat Fish
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Default Goal line or target line to Excel 2007 Chart

Insert following values into new chart

0 $100
1 $100

** Copy Goal
Paste Special into chart
New Series, Series name in First Row
Right click on line
change chart type to smooth

** Right click on "Goal" line
Add Trendline
Options
Custom - Goal
Forward 1.5 Backward .5





Andy Pope wrote:

Goal line or target line to Excell 2007 Chart
11-Aug-08

Hi,

Have you look at these explanations?

http://www.andypope.info/charts/averageline.htm
http://peltiertech.com/Excel/Charts/AddLine.html
http://tushar-mehta.com/excel/charts...nes/index.html

Cheers
Andy

hawaiiham2000 wrote:

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