Excel 2013 X-Y axes switch

My Excel 2013 version does not allow me to switch X and Y axes on a line chart. And I do not mean switching Rows/Columns.
My old laptop with Excel 2007 allowed switching X-Y axes by editing the Data Series. My 2013 Excel version's Edit only has Series Name and Series Value that can be manipulated.
Any suggestions?
Much appreciated

Try changing the chart type to XY Scatter chart.
Regards, Hans Vogelaar (http://www.eileenslounge.com)

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Switch Linked (xl source) Tables - behavior change Excel 2010 PP vs. Excel 2013 PP -- In 2013 all calcs of table are lost

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Excel 2013 not switching cells with cursor keys

Hello
I am currently having trouble with excel 2013 x64
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Maybe you have accidentally pressed the Scroll Lock key (sometimes the key says ScrLk. Most keyboards have a light to indicate that Scroll Lock is on. Pressing the key again turns it off.
Regards, Hans Vogelaar (http://www.eileenslounge.com)

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Hi Tony,
I have tried your solution, to no succes I am sad to say.
I do agree that the formula works in Excel, but now switch over to the
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I want to create PDF from Excel 2013 using Adobe Acrobat distiller. When I do so I have problem with black which is 300 percent black instead of 100K. Problem is only with drawed lines from Excel's symbol menu (text is fine).
I use Acrobat 9 Pro and few days ago switched from Office 2000 to 2013.....and problems started.
Office 2000 and Acrobat 9 Pro worked ok and everything including drawed symbols like lines or squares were 100K black in PDF. Now in the case of Excel 2013 it is not so but when I use export function included in Excel and export file to PDF output is 100K. I am not sure if this kind of export is good for me. I use PDF's as inputs to InDesign. So I would like to have more control when create PDF from excel. But in Excel setup I can choose standard and minimum size and that is all.
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hi friends
i am new to excel & there is an urgent need for me, that's why i pose this question which may appear simple.
in my server i have redirected the output of a command help into a text file (c:\myhelp.txt)
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Hi John,
Bit unclear on your requirment.
Let me put it this way.
1.You are running some command which generates output c:\myhelp.txt in multiple lines.
2. You want to reformat the contents of c:\myhelp.txt so that only parameter name remains in each line, without the values.
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I can help you with quick excel formatting on point 2.
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worked that's Great !
thank you very very much for your great help
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G700 f4 problem with Excel 2013

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Microsoft excel 2013 stops working and getting very slow when I work in one file

I am using windows 8.1 pro in my office and I have excel 2013,
When I'm working on excel generally there is no problem, but I have an excel file which I work on in it's too slow and stops working, I have also tried to open the same file in another computer which is having the same problem.
while I was using Office 2010 it was working very fine, I can also share my file with you if you want in order to be checked and resolved.
I appreciate if you help me,

Hi,
You can share the file with us by sending it to GBSD TN Office Information Collection [email protected] Be sure that you have the private information hidden.
Meanwhile, since it works fine in Office 2010, we can try to open the file in Excel 2010, then go to File > Options > Formulas, check if you have enabled iterative calculation. If so, uncheck the check box and switch the workbook calculation to Manually.
Then, save the changes and then open the modified excel using Excel 2013 to see the result.
Please let me know the result.
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