> Is it possible to have a line connecting points on a scatter chart? I can
> go
> into "format data series" and add a line, but it does not show up on the
> chart.
That's generally the way to add a line. But...does your datasheet for the
scatterchart have empty data cells?

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Genevieve - 23 Jun 2006 20:50 GMT
The data looks like this:
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I would keep the points in each country connected by a line.
> > Is it possible to have a line connecting points on a scatter chart? I can
> > go
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> That's generally the way to add a line. But...does your datasheet for the
> scatterchart have empty data cells?
Echo S - 23 Jun 2006 23:46 GMT
Okay, thanks.
Open the chart and go to Tools|Options, and on the Chart tab, click
"interpolated." That should do it.

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> The data looks like this:
>
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> > That's generally the way to add a line. But...does your datasheet for the
> > scatterchart have empty data cells?
Genevieve - 26 Jun 2006 14:07 GMT
Yes. Thank you!!!
> Okay, thanks.
>
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> > > That's generally the way to add a line. But...does your datasheet for the
> > > scatterchart have empty data cells?