Instead of a stacked bar chart, try a waterfall chart:

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

- Jon
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Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
Tutorials and Custom Solutions
Peltier Technical Services, Inc. - http://PeltierTech.com
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"nellis" wrote in message
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I'm trying to graph the components of a year-over-year variance (example,
fuel, new store growth, realigment of stores, etc.), along with the total
variance, but one of the components is negative. If I just take the
individual variances and graph in a bar chart, the size of the bar chart
is
greater than the total because it's not factoring in the negative
component.
How can I do this?