{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Microsoft 365 Blog","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/blog","author_name":"The Microsoft 365 Marketing Team","author_url":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/blog\/author\/the-microsoft-365-marketing-team\/","title":"Line or scatter chart? | Microsoft 365 Blog","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"IckkqlMxgA\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/blog\/2011\/08\/30\/line-or-scatter-chart\/\">Line or scatter chart?<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/blog\/2011\/08\/30\/line-or-scatter-chart\/embed\/#?secret=IckkqlMxgA\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Line or scatter chart?&#8221; &#8212; Microsoft 365 Blog\" data-secret=\"IckkqlMxgA\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/blog\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","description":"Ah, the great questions of life: Paper or plastic?&nbsp;Line chart or scatter chart? Choosing the wrong chart type for your data can easily happen when it comes to line and scatter charts. They look very similar, especially when a scatter chart is displayed with connecting lines, but there is a big difference in the way each of these chart types plots data along the horizontal and vertical axes. Let Excel writer Frederique be your guide as to which type of chart to use and when.","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/cropped-microsoft_logo_element.webp","thumbnail_width":512,"thumbnail_height":512}