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Hi there

I have a pair of financial data I was tracking over 3 years.
Now I put them in a bar chart to show both values: I ended up with 3*2 bars,
which is great. :)

Now I need to highlight the growing difference between each pair over the 3
years.
Is there any way I can do that?

I don't want to add a 3rd bar to each pair with the difference, as it is not
too big so the effect won't be too visual.
However, the trend is growing: from 7% on the first year to 30% in the 3rd
year. And that's what I'd like to show off.
How can I do that within the same chart?

Thank you,
KF
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Default Drawing attention to difference in bar chart

If you're plotting vs time, you might find a line chart more effective.
Plus a line chart has the option of adding up-down bars, which draw a
box from the first to the last line chart value at each X axis category
(or date). These up-down bars sound like what you want to display.

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On 4/15/2010 8:51 AM, Krissy wrote:
Hi there

I have a pair of financial data I was tracking over 3 years.
Now I put them in a bar chart to show both values: I ended up with 3*2 bars,
which is great. :)

Now I need to highlight the growing difference between each pair over the 3
years.
Is there any way I can do that?

I don't want to add a 3rd bar to each pair with the difference, as it is not
too big so the effect won't be too visual.
However, the trend is growing: from 7% on the first year to 30% in the 3rd
year. And that's what I'd like to show off.
How can I do that within the same chart?

Thank you,
KF

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