Charting Help?

I'm finally springing the dosh for a new computer next month and I want to get the best charting package I can. I'm currently using Open Office software because it's free! and its spreadsheets, functions and ability to program are far superior to Excel's. However, its charting package is just too skimmpy.

I need to be able to scale on both Y-axis for chi-square charting. Normally I have the dates on the X-axis and would need two scalable Y-axis at, say, zero to 100 on one Y-axis and 500 to 2000 on the other for example.

Does anyone know if the new Microsoft package does this or do you have to buy expensive add-ons? Any help would be much appreciated.

[Mods, I know there are other help posts out there but I put this up independently as I didn't want it to get buried prematurely. If its merged for the sake of tidiness, I'll fully understand.]

Not a charts person, but I have found latest Microsoft Office a nightmare and have uninstalled it, as I hear plenty of other people have.

cactus flower wrote:

Not a charts person, but I have found latest Microsoft Office a nightmare and have uninstalled it, as I hear plenty of other people have.

Thanks for the insight. You might try Open Office. I've been using it for over two years with zero problems. It has all the bells and whistles (spreadsheet, text writer, database, presentation, etc.) except its real strength is in the maths-spreadsheet side as it was developed by geeks for geeks. Still very user friendly. And free! so far. They also have a Gaelic extension with a spell checker, thesarus, etc.

I stopped using microsoft because it's a total hog on RAM and systems use. When I', not using open office, I just delete it from the registry to free up even more RAM. gl