Column chart with primary and secondary y-axes

calendar_today Asked Jul 18, 2013
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Question posted 2013 · +9 upvotes

My problem seems simple, I just want to make a column chart with 2 y-axes. When I do this, Excel automatically puts the columns overlapping. I do not want them overlapped! How do I go about correcting this?

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Excel overlapping column problem

Accepted answer +10 upvotes

I believe this method is more straightforward:

  1. Create two dummy series. Series1 and dummy1 on the primary axis, Series2 and dummy2 on the secondary axis.
  2. Reorder the series so dummy1 is above Series1 enter image description here

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