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Steven M - 16 Dec 2003 15:19 GMT
I created a chart in an earlier version of Excel (probably
Excel 97).  The Chart has one data series ploted as a line
chart with data points and lines between the datapoint
visible.

In the original version of the chart I was able create a
break in the line by simply turning off the line for a
particular selected data point.

When I recieved Excel 2002, the charts I had created
earlier looked different.  Now instead of a break in the
line, there is a line which points from the last datapoint
with a line to the next data point with a line, skiping
any datapoints that have thier lines disabled.

It looks like in the older version of Excel that the line
properties of a selected data point controlled the line
only on one side of a datapoint. Where as, in the newer
version of Excel, the line properties of a data point
control the lines on both sides of the datapoint.  In
other words you can't have a data point with a line only
on the left or only on the right.  It either has to have a
line on both sides or none on either side.

How can I create a break in a line series for a selected
data point.
Tushar Mehta - 16 Dec 2003 15:48 GMT
Yes, there is a bug in XL in which for a line chart, it refuses to show
a break in the line.  MS is aware of the problem, though I don't know
when (if?) it intends fixing it.

If you can substitute a XY Scatter chart for the Line chart, you can
still get the break(s).

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> I created a chart in an earlier version of Excel (probably
> Excel 97).  The Chart has one data series ploted as a line
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> How can I create a break in a line series for a selected
> data point.
 
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