Charting Examples
Excel Charting
techniques, solutions and examples
Add-In for applying Pattern fills to charts,
tables and
shapes in
PowerPoint 2007
Maintain plotarea ratios

A collection of tips compiled by guest poster
Ceri Williams
New Polar Plot add-in including examples file

VBA code to create square axis

VBA code to align plot area of 2 charts

A conditional line chart based on formula

Add-In for applying Pattern fills to charts and
shapes in
XL2007

User Defined Functions to calculate intersections
between lines and circles

Size pie charts plotarea

Highlight axis labels

Polar plots

Pie slice radius

Add data values to High-Low line

Colour xy scatter points

Automatically updating custom leader lines

Axis label alignment when charting positive and
negative bars

Creating bounding area within xy scatter

Use a pie chart as a data marker

Display pointer at end of axis

Display a cumulative total on a stacked column
chart

An step by step explanation on how to control the
Invert if Negative property

An explanation of how to delete a single legend
entry

Label last point in a chart using dummy data series

Dynamic scrolling through data

Alternate conditional dual category plot

Conditional dual category plot

An add-in to help create polar charts. Plus a
workbook which contains examples of polar plots

Various methods to create staggered axis labels

Various ways and chart types that can be used to
create a stepped line

Column chart that has variable width bars,
including a stacked style

Split a graphic into variable width sections

An alternative to zero or joined points

A pie chart that does not display zero values

Pie On Pie; Pie By Pie and Filled Doughnut chart

Column chart that has variable width bars

A work around for multiple images in a pie chart

A worked example of a clustered column chart with
a floating gap column

A worked example of a column chart with a break in
the value axis. Display data with large variance between min and max
values

A worked example of a conditional chart

A worked example of Side by Side stacked column
chart. Extended to handle xl97 category label limitations

A worked example of 2 sets of stacked bars with
different widths

Average line on chart. A collection of methods and
charts styles

Floating bar chart with the bars clustered

Thermometer style charts

Matrix of mini xy scatter plots

Stacked positive and negative bar chart with
series order maintained

Change the colour of a line as it passes above or
below a fixed datum line

Simulated 3d XY scatter

Mark the points of intersection between two lines

A speedo style chart

Last updated 24th October 2010
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