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Abbreviate month in x-axis

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    Abbreviate month in x-axis

    I have a chart in which I want to abbreviate that the months along the x-axis. Right now the values are January, February, March, etc. I want the value to read Jan, Feb, Mar, etc.

    The source data/table reads as January, February, March, etc., which I want to remain as is (i.e. I don't want to change data table to Jan, Feb, Mar, etc).

    Is there a way to change the x-axis to 3-letter format desired. I tried to format the cells using custom format to "mm", but that didn't work. Thanks
    Last edited by maacmaac; 04-06-2010 at 12:47 PM.

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    Re: Abbreviate month in x-axis

    Hi,

    Have you tried to double-click on your axis and format month values from within the chart ?

    HTH

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    Re: Abbreviate month in x-axis

    I had tried that and just figured out why I couldn't get it to work. The data tables had the dates formatted as general, not as dates. Once I fixed that part, the other part also worked. Thanks.

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