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I am new to Excel 2003

I have a line chart for the year - Jan thru Dec. Right now the chart only
contains data for Jan thru April. Then the line goes down to the bottom of
the chart (to May - zero data point). I call this the quot;tailquot;. I know it is
there because I do not have any data in May-Dec yet. But I want to get rid
of the tail. On Excel 2000, I was able to right click or left click (Never
could remember whether it was right or left) and choose quot;no linequot; and the
quot;tailquot; went away. Now when I do this, the tail jumps to the next month
(June). How do I get rid of the tail? I know I could limit the source data
to just the months I have data in, but I really do not want to go back into
the charts every month and re-set the source data each month. I have about
20 charts with anywhere from 2 - 6 lines on each chart. To do this would be
a real pain.

Can anyone help me or point me in the right direction? I need to complete
these charts today.

Aurora
Three possibilities:
1) make a dynamic chart peltiertech.com/Excel/Charts/Dynamics.html
2) replace the empty cells by =NA(); these display as #N/A and are not
charted
3) select the chart (click on it anywhere); use Tool|Options and open the
Chart tab; specify how empty cells are to be treated.
best wishes
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Bernard V Liengme
www.stfx.ca/people/bliengme
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quot;Auroraquot; gt; wrote in message
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gt;I am new to Excel 2003
gt;
gt; I have a line chart for the year - Jan thru Dec. Right now the chart only
gt; contains data for Jan thru April. Then the line goes down to the bottom
gt; of
gt; the chart (to May - zero data point). I call this the quot;tailquot;. I know it
gt; is
gt; there because I do not have any data in May-Dec yet. But I want to get
gt; rid
gt; of the tail. On Excel 2000, I was able to right click or left click
gt; (Never
gt; could remember whether it was right or left) and choose quot;no linequot; and the
gt; quot;tailquot; went away. Now when I do this, the tail jumps to the next month
gt; (June). How do I get rid of the tail? I know I could limit the source
gt; data
gt; to just the months I have data in, but I really do not want to go back
gt; into
gt; the charts every month and re-set the source data each month. I have
gt; about
gt; 20 charts with anywhere from 2 - 6 lines on each chart. To do this would
gt; be
gt; a real pain.
gt;
gt; Can anyone help me or point me in the right direction? I need to complete
gt; these charts today.
gt;
gt; Aurora
gt;
gt;