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Old February 1st, 2010, 12:59 AM posted to microsoft.public.excel.charting
Ayo
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Default Displaying zero values as gap in a chart

I am looking for a way to display zero values in my charts as gaps. Right
now I there is a big slant in my chart that I am trying to get rid of. The
range I am using has formular in them, so even when the cells evaluate to
blanks, they are displayed as zeros on the chart.
Any help will be greatly apprecaited.
Thanks
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Old February 1st, 2010, 03:59 AM posted to microsoft.public.excel.charting
Jon Peltier[_2_]
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Default Displaying zero values as gap in a chart

"" is not a blank, it is a short text value. Excel evaluates text as zero.

In the formula, replace "" by NA(), which places #N/A into the cell. A
line chart or XY chart will not plot a point where the value is #N/A. If
there are points on each side of the #N/A, these points will be
connected by the line. If the series ends with one or more #N/A, there
will not be a line to the end of the chart.

There is no way for a formula to return a true blank.

- Jon
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Peltier Technical Services, Inc.
http://peltiertech.com/



Ayo wrote:
I am looking for a way to display zero values in my charts as gaps. Right
now I there is a big slant in my chart that I am trying to get rid of. The
range I am using has formular in them, so even when the cells evaluate to
blanks, they are displayed as zeros on the chart.
Any help will be greatly apprecaited.
Thanks

 




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