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I want to move the bar (on the x-axis) to the left of the
space for the category name. I don't think this has been
provided for.
 
Riana said:
I want to move the bar (on the x-axis) to the left of the
space for the category name. I don't think this has been
provided for.

You could add another data series, but leave it blank (or with 0 as the
data point). That will force your column to the left.

Or ungroup a copy of the chart, and place the column manually.

I'm sure there are more elegant ways to do this, but off the top of my
head, those are probably the easiest.
 
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Riana said:
I want to move the bar (on the x-axis) to the left of the
space for the category name. I don't think this has been
provided for.

You could add another data series, but leave it blank (or with 0 as the
data point). That will force your column to the left.

Or ungroup a copy of the chart, and place the column manually.

I'm sure there are more elegant ways to do this, but off the top of my
head, those are probably the easiest.

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Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com
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No, that won't work. It makes multiple charts
unmanabeable. I am still saying it has not been provided
for, but I want someone to prove me wrong. Another
situation: I have a secondary axis. The x axis
bar/column I want to place on the left of the category
space and the y axis bar/column on the right of the
category so that the effect would be to have 2
bars/columns next to each other displayed and not over
each other. It is because of the PowerPoint default over
each other because it is centered. If there was an
option to "off-center" or place the bar/column on the
left/right one would be able to overcome this "problem".
Again, the question is: How can I place the bar/column
on the left of the category space.
 
Riana said:
unmanabeable. I am still saying it has not been provided
for, but I want someone to prove me wrong.

You have to add in dummy data to get the effect you want.
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=lang_en&selm=u$ttkCl7BHA.436@tkmsftngp02
explains this well.
Another
situation: I have a secondary axis. The x axis
bar/column I want to place on the left of the category
space and the y axis bar/column on the right of the
category so that the effect would be to have 2
bars/columns next to each other displayed and not over
each other. It is because of the PowerPoint default over
each other because it is centered. If there was an
option to "off-center" or place the bar/column on the
left/right one would be able to overcome this "problem".
Again, the question is: How can I place the bar/column
on the left of the category space.

This is the same solution. In order to keep the bars from overlapping, you
need to add dummy data.
 
Thanks for the response. I take it then that it has not
been provided for, because one would have to "cheat" to
get the required "effect". I am going to suggest to the
PowerPoint developers to add this in their later
versions. Many thanks again. Riana.

-----Original Message-----
unmanabeable. I am still saying it has not been provided
for, but I want someone to prove me wrong.

You have to add in dummy data to get the effect you want.
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=lang_en&selm=u% 24ttkCl7BHA.436%40tkmsftngp02
explains this well.
Another
situation: I have a secondary axis. The x axis
bar/column I want to place on the left of the category
space and the y axis bar/column on the right of the
category so that the effect would be to have 2
bars/columns next to each other displayed and not over
each other. It is because of the PowerPoint default over
each other because it is centered. If there was an
option to "off-center" or place the bar/column on the
left/right one would be able to overcome this "problem".
Again, the question is: How can I place the bar/column
on the left of the category space.

This is the same solution. In order to keep the bars from overlapping, you
need to add dummy data.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]


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