Shading in line graphs

Sarah Cadden · Apr 12th, 2002, 05:44 AM

Is it possible to shade the area between two lines in a line graph.
At present I am cutting and pasting into a drawing programme and hand drawing a shape to shade - very time consuming and a mare if any data points change

Please help!

eliW · Apr 12th, 2002, 06:13 AM

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On 2002-04-12 04:44, Sarah Cadden wrote:
Is it possible to shade the area between two lines in a line graph.
At present I am cutting and pasting into a drawing programme and hand drawing a shape to shade - very time consuming and a mare if any data points change

Please help!

One possibility is to use "Area" type of chart, which will paint the area between two lines. You can then adjust the colors as you wish.
Eli

Sarah Cadden · Apr 12th, 2002, 06:31 AM

Eli thanks for responding
the trouble I have with area graphs is that it adds the values of the two lines together

daleyman · Apr 13th, 2002, 06:25 PM

yeah, what you could do is create new values to do the equivilent area graph.

lets say your values are in columns A and B.

so you start new columns C and D. In column C you use the formula to give the minimum of the two values...

eg. in cell C2...
=MIN(A2:B2)

...then in column D you do the difference between the two values that must be added on...

eg. in cell D2...
=MAX(A2:B2)-C2

...then chart C & D instead of A & B. then play with the shading so that there is only shading between the two lines and bob's you uncle.

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Apr 12th, 2002, 05:44 AM	#1
Sarah Cadden New Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 2	Is it possible to shade the area between two lines in a line graph. At present I am cutting and pasting into a drawing programme and hand drawing a shape to shade - very time consuming and a mare if any data points change Please help!

Apr 12th, 2002, 06:31 AM	#3
Sarah Cadden New Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 2	Eli thanks for responding the trouble I have with area graphs is that it adds the values of the two lines together

Apr 13th, 2002, 06:25 PM	#4
daleyman Board Regular Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: London, UK Posts: 167	yeah, what you could do is create new values to do the equivilent area graph. lets say your values are in columns A and B. so you start new columns C and D. In column C you use the formula to give the minimum of the two values... eg. in cell C2... =MIN(A2:B2) ...then in column D you do the difference between the two values that must be added on... eg. in cell D2... =MAX(A2:B2)-C2 ...then chart C & D instead of A & B. then play with the shading so that there is only shading between the two lines and bob's you uncle.