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<h3 class="anchored" data-anchor-id="microsoft-excel">Microsoft Excel</h3>
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<p>In the web version of Excel it seems not to be possible to have a different y-axis on the right side, however if you have Copilot enabled for web Excel you can ask it to create a “Vertical Secondary Axis” for a particular column of data.</p>
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<p>If you have the desktop version of Excel it should be possible to do this without Copilot</p>
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<p>If you have the desktop version of Excel then create the plot like normal but then click the plot and change the type to “combo” and select one of the data series to be the “Secondary Axis” as described in <a href="https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/excelexp/add-or-remove-a-secondary-axis-in-a-chart-in-excel">this tutorial from microsoft</a></p>
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"href": "projects/ozone3.html#step-2.-plot-the-ozone-depleting-substances-data-alongside-the-ozone-concentration-data",
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"title": "Ozone layer recovery (Part 3)",
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"section": "Step 2. Plot the “Ozone depleting substances” data alongside the Ozone concentration data",
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"text": "Step 2. Plot the “Ozone depleting substances” data alongside the Ozone concentration data\nIf you go to the first interactive figure in the article and click the download icon in the bottom right, you can download the data and we recommend that you click “Download displayed data” which ultimately will give you the file ozone-depleting-substances-index.csv\n\nNote that this data set DOES INCLUDE 1995 whereas the NASA Ozone watch data does NOT include 1995. And note that this data set DOES NOT include 1987 or 1988 even though NASA Ozone watch DOES INCLUDE 1987 and 1988.\nAn important thing to be able to do with a spreadsheet is to make a plot with a different y-axis on the left than on the right. This is helpful in situations where you are comparing two quantities as they change with time and that have different units. Here is some advice on how to do this:\n\nGoogle Sheets\nIf you open the Chart Editor and then click “Customize” and then click “Series”. By default it will select “Apply to all series” but you should change that to select the Ozone depleting substances series. Once you select the Ozone depleting substances series, in that menu it will say “Axis” and you should change that from its default which is “left axis” to “right axis”. You should immediately see numbers on the right side y-axis. You can adjust these values (for example the maximum and minimum) on a new area under “Customize” that says “Right vertical axis”.\n\n\nMicrosoft Excel\nIn the web version of Excel it seems not to be possible to have a different y-axis on the right side, however if you have Copilot enabled for web Excel you can ask it to create a “Vertical Secondary Axis” for a particular column of data.\nIf you have the desktop version of Excel it should be possible to do this without Copilot"
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"text": "Step 2. Plot the “Ozone depleting substances” data alongside the Ozone concentration data\nIf you go to the first interactive figure in the article and click the download icon in the bottom right, you can download the data and we recommend that you click “Download displayed data” which ultimately will give you the file ozone-depleting-substances-index.csv\n\nNote that this data set DOES INCLUDE 1995 whereas the NASA Ozone watch data does NOT include 1995. And note that this data set DOES NOT include 1987 or 1988 even though NASA Ozone watch DOES INCLUDE 1987 and 1988.\nAn important thing to be able to do with a spreadsheet is to make a plot with a different y-axis on the left than on the right. This is helpful in situations where you are comparing two quantities as they change with time and that have different units. Here is some advice on how to do this:\n\nGoogle Sheets\nIf you open the Chart Editor and then click “Customize” and then click “Series”. By default it will select “Apply to all series” but you should change that to select the Ozone depleting substances series. Once you select the Ozone depleting substances series, in that menu it will say “Axis” and you should change that from its default which is “left axis” to “right axis”. You should immediately see numbers on the right side y-axis. You can adjust these values (for example the maximum and minimum) on a new area under “Customize” that says “Right vertical axis”.\n\n\nMicrosoft Excel\nIn the web version of Excel it seems not to be possible to have a different y-axis on the right side, however if you have Copilot enabled for web Excel you can ask it to create a “Vertical Secondary Axis” for a particular column of data.\nIf you have the desktop version of Excel then create the plot like normal but then click the plot and change the type to “combo” and select one of the data series to be the “Secondary Axis” as described in this tutorial from microsoft"
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If you have the desktop version of Excel then create the plot like normal but then click the plot and change the type to "combo" and select one of the data series to be the "Secondary Axis" as described in [this tutorial from microsoft](https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/excelexp/add-or-remove-a-secondary-axis-in-a-chart-in-excel)
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## Step 3. Consider the results
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