Hi,

Your post is a bit lite on detail so I have more questions than answers.

Is it possible you have selected the 100% stacked column chart?
What data do you have and how is it laid out?
Where should it be displaying the years, axis or as data labels?

Cheers
Andy

prinshin wrote:
when i try to make a chart in excel all the columns come up the same length
and it won't display the years either

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Andy Pope, Microsoft MVP - Excel
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