Superimposed but not "stacked" bar graph

[Hosley]

Hi there,

I need to make a bar chart that superimposes a series of values on top
of one another (e.g. multiple bars all plotted on top of each other
and beginning at the same place upon the x-axis). Obviously this would
require that Excel plots them from smallest value/bar in front and
largest in back, or as transparent, or simply shows the ending lines
for each value. Otherwise only the largest value would be seen. This
idea is similar to the stacked bar graphs, except the values would not
sum on top of each other, and the bar would only be as big as the
largest value w/n the series. The 100% stacked bar won't work either b/
c I will eventually want to compare different series of these
superimposed bars to one another, and will need to know which are
larger.

Does anyone know if Excel is capable of this chart type (it's a common
enough method, I would think)? If not, any suggestions on how I still
perform this chart type?


Thanks,

Hosley

 

[Jon Peltier]

You could make the bars transparent: double click each series, and on the
Patterns tab, choose None for Area. Even better would be to avoid this chart
type, because many would interpret the values as stacked, and use a line
chart instead.

- Jon