How to insert a "Target" line into basic bar chart
 

Am looking for some info on how to insert a "Target" line into a bar chart.
I have a basic chart and would like to put on top of the data a line from
left to right which is the target, the bar data would indicate whether this
was acheived or not.

Am running office 2007.
Any help appreciated.

thanks

How to insert a "Target" line into basic bar chart
 

From Jon Peltier's site

Add a Horizontal Line to a Column or Line Chart: Error Bar Method.
Double click on the resulting error bar, and on the Patterns tab, select a
color and line style for the horizontal line. Here I've chosen a solid red
line. ...
peltiertech.com/Excel/Charts/AddLineHorzErrBar.html


Add a Horizontal Line to a Column or Line Chart: Series Method.
How do you add a nice horizontal line to a column or line chart, to show a
target value, or the series average? The method involves adding a new
series, ...
peltiertech.com/Excel/Charts/AddLineHorzSeries.html

Add a Horizontal or Vertical Line to a Column or Line Chart.
A variation uses an error bar for the straight line, rather than the
connecting line between two points. Add a Horizontal Line to a Column or
Line Chart: ...
peltiertech.com/Excel/Charts/AddLine.html

Column Chart with Horizontal Line Segments.
The values of interest are shown by columns, while the benchmark or target
level is indicated by a horizontal line above each category. ...
peltiertech.com/Excel/Charts/ColumnHorizLine.html

Combining Different Chart Types into a Single Chart.
The vertical red target line and the horizontal black line separating Model
1 from Model 2 are real-life examples of Adding a Horizontal or Vertical
Line to ...
peltiertech.com/Excel/Charts/ComboCharts.html

Add a Vertical Line to a Column or Line Chart: Series Method.
VertizontalLine.zip is a zipped workbook that shows this technique and
others for reliably placing a vertical or horizontal line on your column or
line ...
peltiertech.com/Excel/Charts/AddLineVertSeries.html


Most examples use XL2003 but the techniques are very similar.
For Excel 2007 eamples, Google with:
excel 2007 chart "horizontal line"
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Am looking for some info on how to insert a "Target" line into a bar
chart.
I have a basic chart and would like to put on top of the data a line from
left to right which is the target, the bar data would indicate whether
this
was acheived or not.

Am running office 2007.
Any help appreciated.

thanks