Most people who create charts with Excel don't know that you can change just about everything that controls how the chart appears. One of the things you can easily change is the pattern used to denote a chart's axis. By default, Excel normally uses a solid line for an axis. If you want to change the pattern used by Excel, follow these steps if you are using Excel 2007 or Excel 2010:
Figure 1. The Format Axis dialog box.
If you are using Excel 2013 or a later version, then the steps are slightly different:
Figure 2. The Format Axis task pane.
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