Microsoft Office

Getting Started Making Charts 19
FIGURE 19.15
A 3-D column chart.
FIGURE 19.16
A true 3-D column chart.
Bar charts
A bar chart is essentially a column chart that has been rotated 90 degrees clockwise. One distinct advantage
to using a bar chart is that the category labels may be easier to read. Figure 19.17 shows a bar chart that
displays a value for each of ten survey items. The category labels are lengthy, and displaying them legibly
with a column chart would be difficult. Excel offers six bar chart subtypes.
ON the CD-ROM
A workbook that contains the chart in this section is available on the companion CD-ROM.
The file is named bar charts.xlsx.
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