Lines in Scatter Plots?

Hello,
Well, I can't figure out how to connect points in a scatter plot with a line? Is this possible?
Thanks!
Michael Morrison

Nope, you can't, I just tried, too. With scatter, there seems to be no function to connect points in a series. Really Apple, come on. Do you want to look at a plot with 5 series on it and try to figure out which point belongs to which series? You have to be kidding me there's no way to connect them...

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