The absolute best advice concerning the use of Excel for
graphics (or for statistics for that matter) is: DON'T!
The _majority_ of graph-types available in Excel should never
be used for any purpose as they produce misleading graphs -- mainly
false third dimensions that can only serve to hide important features
in the graph.)
Jon Cryer
At 02:26 PM 1/27/01 GMT, you wrote:
>Not sure if this is the best place to ask, but can anyone point me
>towards any web sites that provide advice on using Excel for
>technical/scientific graphing.
>
>I am not sure why exactly, but I find the graphs produced by Excel,
>compared to S-Plus or Statistica, to look out of place in a technical
>report. As I know others feel the same way, I was hoping that there
>might be some advice out there on how to improve their appearance.
>
>Many thanks,
>
>Graham S
>
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