Comments on: How to label Excel and OpenOffice.org XY scatter plots http://www.xaprb.com/blog/2006/01/19/excel-vs-calc-part-2/ Stay curious! Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:56:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Jonathan http://www.xaprb.com/blog/2006/01/19/excel-vs-calc-part-2/#comment-19171 Jonathan Mon, 21 Feb 2011 20:31:09 +0000 http://www.xaprb.com/blog/?p=90#comment-19171 Actually, it is possible to have labels for scatter points in Excel without an added plug-in. You create a scatter plot with each point as a different series. In the tab for source data, there's a place where you can add different series. Originally these will say "Series1","Series2", etc., but there's a place where you can make it get the data for the name of each one. This is obviously very manual and time-consuming. However, if you had to do 100 charts with the same number of points, you'd only have to set this up once. Of course, you could further automate the chart creation with a macro (perhaps similar to what the plugin does). Actually, it is possible to have labels for scatter points in Excel without an added plug-in. You create a scatter plot with each point as a different series. In the tab for source data, there’s a place where you can add different series. Originally these will say “Series1″,”Series2″, etc., but there’s a place where you can make it get the data for the name of each one. This is obviously very manual and time-consuming. However, if you had to do 100 charts with the same number of points, you’d only have to set this up once. Of course, you could further automate the chart creation with a macro (perhaps similar to what the plugin does).

]]> By: Drew http://www.xaprb.com/blog/2006/01/19/excel-vs-calc-part-2/#comment-18743 Drew Fri, 01 Oct 2010 18:29:16 +0000 http://www.xaprb.com/blog/?p=90#comment-18743 Garrett, Thank you for posting that link to the Microsoft website. I admit that I've never used Visual Basic before, and I'm sure that it is way over my head, but even though the instructions weren't perfectly clear, I got the exact chart that I wanted. Thank you very much! Garrett,
Thank you for posting that link to the Microsoft website.
I admit that I’ve never used Visual Basic before, and I’m sure that it is way over my head, but even though the instructions weren’t perfectly clear, I got the exact chart that I wanted.

Thank you very much!

]]> By: NIPPY http://www.xaprb.com/blog/2006/01/19/excel-vs-calc-part-2/#comment-18667 NIPPY Sat, 18 Sep 2010 04:47:20 +0000 http://www.xaprb.com/blog/?p=90#comment-18667 yeah,it may leaves me carzy budy any one who can use the xl to make the grids-contour? plz contact wiz me asurasouthevo@vip.qq.com thx a lot 0.0 yeah,it may leaves me carzy budy

any one who can use the xl to make the grids-contour?

plz contact wiz me asurasouthevo@vip.qq.com
thx a lot 0.0

]]> By: frustrated http://www.xaprb.com/blog/2006/01/19/excel-vs-calc-part-2/#comment-16808 frustrated Sat, 22 Aug 2009 03:55:20 +0000 http://www.xaprb.com/blog/?p=90#comment-16808 Ok, I figured it out by clicking the little drop down arrow on the top bar (the arrow is to the right of the save and open icons) and then clicking on more commands. Then change to all commands to find "add-ins" that will put a new icon up on that top bar. When you open that and browse that's how you find out where the program you download should go. Appros goes to a different folder. So copy just the add-in file from the appros folder into the add-in folder (using my computer and/or my documents). After that the XY labels appeared in my add-ins. Ok, I figured it out by clicking the little drop down arrow on the top bar (the arrow is to the right of the save and open icons) and then clicking on more commands. Then change to all commands to find “add-ins” that will put a new icon up on that top bar. When you open that and browse that’s how you find out where the program you download should go. Appros goes to a different folder. So copy just the add-in file from the appros folder into the add-in folder (using my computer and/or my documents). After that the XY labels appeared in my add-ins.

]]> By: frustrated http://www.xaprb.com/blog/2006/01/19/excel-vs-calc-part-2/#comment-16807 frustrated Sat, 22 Aug 2009 03:44:07 +0000 http://www.xaprb.com/blog/?p=90#comment-16807 I have tried downloading a couple different of the links above and yet I can't find them after I download them. Some things I like about Office 2007 but stuff like this DRIVES ME CRAZY! Where is the add-in? I have tried downloading a couple different of the links above and yet I can’t find them after I download them. Some things I like about Office 2007 but stuff like this DRIVES ME CRAZY! Where is the add-in?

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