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How do I plot negative bars/numbers BELOW the main axis in Excel



 
 
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Old March 9th, 2006, 07:28 PM posted to microsoft.public.excel.charting
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Default How do I plot negative bars/numbers BELOW the main axis in Excel

I want to be able to have bars on the chart plot above and below a main axis
line (zero). Can anyone tell me how to do that. I found an invert if negative
button but nothing happens when I choose it.
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Old March 10th, 2006, 02:27 AM posted to microsoft.public.excel.charting
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Invert if negative changes the colors of the bars/columns. See this page on
Andy Pope's site for the most lucid discussion I've read about it:

http://andypope.info/charts/Invertneg.htm

If you have positive and negative numbers and you create a column chart
using them, the positive columns will stretch up from the horizontal axis,
and the negative ones will hang down from the axis.

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result, and why it differs from what you'd expect.

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I want to be able to have bars on the chart plot above and below a main
axis
line (zero). Can anyone tell me how to do that. I found an invert if
negative
button but nothing happens when I choose it.


 




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