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Yonke

Change line to bar in Line - Column graph
 
Hope someone can help on this one...I have 4 data series that I am trying to
plot on a Line-Column chart. I need 3 of these to be columns and one to be a
line. It is defaulting to 2 columns and 2 lines.
Does anyone know how to override that default, so I can change the one line
(basically the 3rd data series) to a column?
Thanks :-)

Jon Peltier

Change line to bar in Line - Column graph
 
Select the series you want to change, then on the Chart menu, choose Chart
Type, and choose the new type to assign to that series.

Next time, starting from scratch, make a column chart with all four series,
then change the one to a line.

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

"Yonke" wrote in message
...
Hope someone can help on this one...I have 4 data series that I am trying
to
plot on a Line-Column chart. I need 3 of these to be columns and one to
be a
line. It is defaulting to 2 columns and 2 lines.
Does anyone know how to override that default, so I can change the one
line
(basically the 3rd data series) to a column?
Thanks :-)




Yonke

Change line to bar in Line - Column graph
 
Thanks! I knew there had to be a way to do it!
Cheers.

"Jon Peltier" wrote:

Select the series you want to change, then on the Chart menu, choose Chart
Type, and choose the new type to assign to that series.

Next time, starting from scratch, make a column chart with all four series,
then change the one to a line.

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

"Yonke" wrote in message
...
Hope someone can help on this one...I have 4 data series that I am trying
to
plot on a Line-Column chart. I need 3 of these to be columns and one to
be a
line. It is defaulting to 2 columns and 2 lines.
Does anyone know how to override that default, so I can change the one
line
(basically the 3rd data series) to a column?
Thanks :-)





howard

Change line to bar in Line - Column graph
 
Thjis works. However, when you change from column to line, the order of the
series in the legend also changes, usually in a way that is unwanted. Is
there a way to prevent this, or to re-order the series?

"Jon Peltier" wrote:

Select the series you want to change, then on the Chart menu, choose Chart
Type, and choose the new type to assign to that series.

Next time, starting from scratch, make a column chart with all four series,
then change the one to a line.

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

"Yonke" wrote in message
...
Hope someone can help on this one...I have 4 data series that I am trying
to
plot on a Line-Column chart. I need 3 of these to be columns and one to
be a
line. It is defaulting to 2 columns and 2 lines.
Does anyone know how to override that default, so I can change the one
line
(basically the 3rd data series) to a column?
Thanks :-)





Jon Peltier

Change line to bar in Line - Column graph
 
You don't get to change the order, except among like series types. You can
rearrange all the lines in the legend, and you can rearrange all the
columns, but you cannot mix the lines and columns.

- Jon
-------
Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
Tutorials and Custom Solutions
http://PeltierTech.com
_______


"Howard" wrote in message
...
Thjis works. However, when you change from column to line, the order of
the
series in the legend also changes, usually in a way that is unwanted. Is
there a way to prevent this, or to re-order the series?

"Jon Peltier" wrote:

Select the series you want to change, then on the Chart menu, choose
Chart
Type, and choose the new type to assign to that series.

Next time, starting from scratch, make a column chart with all four
series,
then change the one to a line.

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

"Yonke" wrote in message
...
Hope someone can help on this one...I have 4 data series that I am
trying
to
plot on a Line-Column chart. I need 3 of these to be columns and one
to
be a
line. It is defaulting to 2 columns and 2 lines.
Does anyone know how to override that default, so I can change the one
line
(basically the 3rd data series) to a column?
Thanks :-)








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