On Mon, 2010-06-28 at 10:48 -0400, Robert Baer wrote: > y=rnorm(100) > x=abs(y) > plot(x, y, axes=FALSE) > axis(1, pos=0) > axis(2) > box() It's nice to know that R tends to make nice graphics by default. But you can have R do not so great graphics (like Excel and other programs that make really bad graphics) if you are willing to take the time!