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Excel chart: How to reverse the X axis of time series data

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In Excel 2003, I have a time series from a financial report that goes something like this: I want to create a graph of the time series that looks something like this (please excuse the ugly ascii graph): But intead of getting an upward sloping graph, excel wants to put my time series in reverse (th…

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2007 2006 2005
Amount   300  200  100

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Fix for: Excel chart: How to reverse the X axis of time series data

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Click the axis for the categories, values, or series whose plotting order you want to change. On the Format menu, click Selected Axis, and then click the Scale tab. Note Selected Axis is only available on the Format menu when a data series is select…

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