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?
An image of what is happening:

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?
An image of what is happening:
You could achieve the chart as shown below with some rather careful manipulation:
Basically is requires spacing out your data as shown in columns A:C but also right-aligning the horizontal axis labels, adjusting the secondary axis maximum (and format of both vertical axes, if necessary) and the Gap Width for Series1 to about 10% and for Series2 to about 5%.
(PS I chose the wrong value for C5.)
I believe this method is more straightforward:
I find it easier to change the secondary Y
data's chart-type
to a scatter plot
. The overlap of this symbol with the bars of the primary Y
, is the desired result. You simply right click the secondary bar and select "Change the chart type"
, and select scatter with or without the connecting line.