I have found out about OFFSET...and am trying to use it. I have some
questions, as it is not working as I expect.
Can I replace my SERIES expression with an OFFSET expression, for each
series my graph uses? I am using a 3-D area chart with 2 X-Axis series...and
when I replace the SERIES expression with OFFSET to define a differet, it
does not work...
I cannot find any description for the parameters for a SERIES expression,
which would help me understand if OFFSET replaces it in part or in full.
Using the Wizard has its drawbacks...
I cannot find the Y-Axis expression in order to amend it, as the examples I
used referered to. I suspect that is a condiation of the libne graph used in
teh example, and I will not have such a beast in my 3-D area graph...or do I?
How can I find it?
> I am working on a year-end report for my clients that shows them information
> associated with their accounts. Most of the information on each client's
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> regards,
> Tom
Andy Pope - 26 Sep 2006 08:43 GMT
Hi,
The offset formula is used to build a named range. The named range is
then used within the charts series formula.
See Jon Peltier's pages for information.
Series Formula explanation.
http://peltiertech.com/Excel/ChartsHowTo/ChartSeriesFormula.html
And for use of the offset.
http://peltiertech.com/Excel/Charts/Dynamics.html
Cheers
Andy
> I have found out about OFFSET...and am trying to use it. I have some
> questions, as it is not working as I expect.
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>>regards,
>>Tom

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Tom Mackay - 26 Sep 2006 20:09 GMT
Thank you Andy. I managed to work out something using OFFSET...I still have
a lot of things to get through but at least I understand this function now in
context of graphing.
I must say, I am pretty surprised that the Excel online help and all the
textbooks I refered to never said a thing about the paramaters of
SERIES...which is what I needed...is this too advanced?
One more question...if you are interested. I have now successfully created
a one page report, suitable for reporting the info associated with one
client. But I will usually want to produce 500 reports for 500 different
clients at once, with one simple action. What tecniques can I explore to try
to do this? The only thing I can think of is cut and pasting the content of
my report either (a) into 500 different spreadsheets or (b) into one sheet of
a single spreadsheet 500 times. But neither of these seems to be very
friendly...the former is bad because I then have to open 500 different
spreadsheets...and the latter is bad because I don't think i can keep the
cell referencing straight.
> Hi,
>
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> >>regards,
> >>Tom
Don Guillett - 26 Sep 2006 23:16 GMT
Always nice to post your final successful result for the archives.
On the reports, without a lot more detail it is impossible to tell but
sometimes
="blah blah "& a17 & "blah blah"
works

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> Thank you Andy. I managed to work out something using OFFSET...I still
> have
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>> >>regards,
>> >>Tom