Comments on: Stop Putting Quarterly Trends in Pie Charts

By: Ann K. Emery

Ann K. Emery — Tue, 03 Apr 2018 19:48:19 +0000

In reply to Ione Farrar. The transparent total ends up saving a lot of time in the long run. I used to create text boxes above each of the columns, which always end up misaligned and sloppy. Glad to hear that you gained a new trick!

By: Ione Farrar

Ione Farrar — Tue, 03 Apr 2018 19:41:47 +0000

In reply to Ann K. Emery. Brilliant! They even copy into another document as is. Plus, the trick of the transparent total is fantastic. I have struggled over the years with putting total, ending up with misaligned text boxes. Thank you!

By: Ann K. Emery

Ann K. Emery — Tue, 03 Apr 2018 18:32:35 +0000

In reply to Ione Farrar. Hi Ione, good question. I added numeric labels to all the columns (just like you would normally do). Then, I double-clicked inside the labels on the far left and manually typed "youth," "females," and "males" into the boxes.

By: Ione Farrar

Ione Farrar — Tue, 03 Apr 2018 16:53:58 +0000

Question, I am recreating the stacked vertical bar chart. On the data labels, it shows up as Female 15, rather than 15 Female in your example. How do you get excel to place the label in that order?

By: Ann K. Emery

Ann K. Emery — Thu, 29 Mar 2018 00:53:38 +0000

In reply to Alicia Stahlberg. Thanks, Alicia!

By: Alicia Stahlberg

Alicia Stahlberg — Mon, 26 Mar 2018 14:17:02 +0000

Your information is so helpful – and your instructions great — amazing you speak so quickly yet are easy to understand. I really appreciate your generous sharing of information. Alicia