Andy -

The higher the plot order, the further from the X axis a series will be
positioned. In my "Column Chart That Crosses the X-Axis" example, I have
duplicate series, one for each series you ought to have to plot, with
the negative copies in reverse order compared to the positive copies.

For fun, plot this data in a column chart, with series in rows:

A B C D
a 1 -1 1 -1
b 2 -2 -2 2
c 3 -3 3 -3
d 4 -4 -4 4
e 5 -5 5 -5

At categories A and B, series 'a' is always closest to the X axis and
'e' is always furthest. This means 'a' is under 'b' if they both are
positive, but 'a' is over 'b' if both are negative. If they are of mixed
signs, 'a' and 'b' appear on opposite sides of the axis.

This behavior is logical, after you've played with it and thought about
it. But at first glance, it can be very confusing to the users.

- Jon
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Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
Peltier Technical Services
Tutorials and Custom Solutions
http://PeltierTech.com/
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Andy Pope wrote:
Hi Jon,

Not sure I understand the questions.

If you take my example and replace the line series with the stacked
columns for negative gaps the 2nd set of columns will appear below the
1st and not in the gap in between.

Cheers
Andy

Jon Peltier wrote:

Andy -

Do you need a number format? a custom label? to account for a bar
crossing zero?

- Jon

Andy Pope wrote:

Hi Jon,

The column technique works great for positive values but not so for
negative ones.

Cheers
Andy

Jon Peltier wrote:

(I really miss the old Data lables as assigned that used to be
available. I
have no idea why that was removed, Cause I used to use it A bunch)

The up-down bars have never had a labeling capability. The
alternative approach is to build a floating column chart, and use
the columns' data labels to display the difference data. The nice
thing about a floating column chart is that the value is the
difference between top and bottom, so simple data labels using the
Show Value option will do the trick.

Floating Column Charts:
http://peltiertech.com/Excel/Charts/...ngColumns.html

- Jon
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Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
Peltier Technical Services
Tutorials and Custom Solutions
http://PeltierTech.com/
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bj wrote:

another way would be to find the midpoint between each data pair
lable each midpoint data pair as the delta value
plot this group of data as mutilple data series.
select each one to show data lables for series lable and delete the
legend for that series from the legend box. You can format the
lables as to orientation veritical etc.
(I really miss the old Data lables as assigned that used to be
available. I have no idea why that was removed, Cause I used to
use it A bunch)

"Basil" wrote:


I was looking for a way that didn't rely on seperate text boxes.

"bj" wrote:


one way to do it, (If I understand what you want) on the spread
sheet calculate the difference in say D1:D4
on the chart start a text box and in the formula bar enter = and
point to the cell with the difference.
format the text box for the alignment and fill colors you want
and place it on the down bar for each data point pair.


"Basil" wrote:


Hiya,

I have a line chart with two lines. I have included down bars
from the upper line. I would like the difference of value
between the two lines (i.e. the height of the down bars) to be
shown within the down bars.

Is this possible?

Thanks,

Basil