MS Excel bubble chart question
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TUS 373

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305 months

Thursday 9th September 2004
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Produced a nice bubble chart - taken me a while to get it just right.

Problem is: I have a big bubble covering a little bubble - so can't get to the little bubble at all without changing the co-ordinates. How can I bring the little bubble forward - like you can do in powerpoint drawings? Any ideas gratefully received.

Would use the stupid paperclip, but its crap - and how do you phrase a question like this that the useless little b&gger would understand!?

Hut49

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286 months

Thursday 9th September 2004
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You need to change the overlap or spacing data markers:

Click a data series in the chart you want to change.


On the Format menu, click Selected Data Series, and then click the Options tab.


To change the overlap of the data markers in each category, enter a value between -100 and 100 in the Overlap box. The higher the value, the greater the overlap within the category.


To change the spacing between categories of data markers, enter a value between 0 (zero) and 500 in the Gap width box. The higher the value, the greater the distance between each category.

TUS 373

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Thursday 9th September 2004
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Thanks for that - but there is no options for that in the menu. Looks like it applies to bar charts, graphs etc - but not to bubble charts??????? Maybe I'm wrong, but this may require an improvement to the software?