If you stagger your data, you can create side-by-side stacked columns.

Bernard Liengme has an example and instructions on his site:
http://www.stfx.ca/people/bliengme/E...ps/Columns.htm

and Jon Peltier has links to other sites with information:

http://peltiertech.com/Excel/ChartsH...sterStack.html

Modify the instructions to create a stacked column with a regular column.

CPO Chris wrote:
I would like to have one bar on my Excel chart use two colors to note goal
numbers vs actual numbers. Is it possible to have one bar with two colors
while all others maintian one?


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Debra Dalgleish
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