Step 3: Change the second series to a line chart Click on the Edit button to adjust the Horizontal (Category) Axis labels.Add another series, and choose the zero column as the series values.Click on the Add button and choose the height column (column E) as the series values.Right click on the chart area that appears and click on Select Data.On the ribbon, click on the insert tab > Column > 2D Column > Clustered Column.Then in the final column put numbers corresponding to the height you wish the label to appear.In the next column add in the labels you need for your timeline according to the dates needed.Fill the next column with zeros (This will form the actual bottom line of our graph / timeline).Then add a second column to show the year. In my example, I have added Jan – Dec and then Jan to Jul. In your first column type in the months that you will need.Step 1: Set up your data table:įeel free to download the sample excel sheet here. In fact we are going to combine Column and Line Charts, add Error bars, use custom markers, add data labels and use multiple horizontal and vertical axes. However the techniques involved in creating a timeline in Excel are really quite interesting to know.
#MIX BAR AND LINE CHART EXCEL FOR MAC 2011 SOFTWARE#
In fact you can even create timelines: Obviously Excel is not the best software to create a timeline, you can do this directly in PowerPoint or using Gantt chart software for example (I really recommend this add in for PowerPoint Office Timeline). By combining different chart types and multiple axes, you can create a lot of different custom graphs, for example: waterfall charts, Pareto charts, stacked charts, thermometers, gauges, dot tables, bullet charts, box plots etc.
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