Hi Phil -

You want a vertical line at each X, where X is the distance from the
initial point?  Set up your data like this:

0      0    Starting Point
0.15   0    Point A
0.25   0    Point B
0.4    0    Point C

etc.  The X values are the respective distances, and the Y values are
zero, so the points lie on the X axis.  Make an XY Scatter chart (not a
Line chart) with this data, format the series with markers if you want,
but skip the connecting lines.  Format the series also with positive
error bars with a value of 1.

Double click on the Plot Area, choose None for border and for area.
Double click on the vertical axis, click on the Scale tab, and enter 1
and 0 for max and min; click on the Patterns tab, and select None for
any options that let you.

You could use Rob Bovey's Chart Labeler (http://appspro.com) or John
Walkenbach's Chart Tools (http://j-walk.com) to apply the text in column
C as data labels on your points.

An alternative would make all Y values equal to 1, with a negative error
bar of 1, so the data labels would be along the top, and the distances
along the bottom.

- Jon
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Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
http://www.geocities.com/jonpeltier/Excel/index.html
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