Let me see if I understand what you want it to do:

1) You want the Bar Chart to display the school names in Alphabetical order
from top to bottom.
2) You want the Data table to display the data for the schools from Left to
Right.

If you change the chart from a Bar to a Column Chart, I think you'll get
what you want, but this may not be an option.

"mozermodo" wrote in message
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I'm trying to chart 4 years of data on acceptance rates of 14 colleges. My
data file lists the school names, in alpha order (American, Boston
College,
Fordham, Syracuse, etc.) (text format) in column A and the four years of
data
(percentage) in columns B-E. The 4 column headers, or data series, are the
4
years, 2002-2005.
The chart looks great, then I added the data table so the data will be on
the page rather than an appendix, and data labels in the chart are too
busy.
I used "Chart Options" "Show Data Table". Format Data Table does not seem
to
have any options. I have 15 worksheets in my workbook, each with a
different
university characteristic and they are all coming out the same. I tried
resorting the data in the data source, and I tried reversing the axis in
"Format Axis", but the chart and the data table flip opposite ways. I even
tried fresh with a whole new workbook and raw data. Does that help
clarify? I
appreciate any guidance you can provide. I have to use this in a
presentation
and it just looks funny...

"John Mansfield" wrote:

I would first check the formatting of the data to make sure it is
formatted
correctly. If there are no data format problems, can you provide an
example
of the data that you're trying to chart?

"mozermodo" wrote:

I'm using a simple bar graph with a data table. The data table is in
the
opposite order of my graph. I've tried resorting the source data, I've
tried
reversing the categories on the axis. I keep getting the same result -
the Y
axis is in alpha order from top to bottom (which is what I want) but
the data
table is in reverse alpha order (alpha goes right to left)