The problem with a tornado chart, is that it's hard to directly compare the
bars to the left and right of the center line. I would prefer to create a
dot chart with three series: Male, Female, and Total.

http://peltiertech.com/Excel/Charts/DotPlot.html

- Jon
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"Bernard Liengme" wrote in message
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Why not make a tornado chart -
see http://peltiertech.com/Excel/Charts/tornadochart.html
The overall population is clearly represented by the combined length of
the left and right columns
best wishes
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Bernard V Liengme
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"smaruzzi" wrote in message
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I have to create a chart representing population data: males & females. in
addition to these two columns, I would like to add the sum of the two.
Graphically it would be great to represent the third column (the total
population) behind the two M & F columns, providing visually an
indication
that it is the sum of the two.

I've seen something like this in a recent PPT created with Office 2007
(charts from Excel 2007, the version I'm currently using). Is there a
smart
way to obtain this result?

Thanks, Stefano