How To Create A Bar Chart In Excel 2016

How to create stacked bar/column chart in Excel?

In Excel, the Stacked Bar/Column chart is usually used when the base data including totality. Now this tutorial is talking about creating a stacked bar/column chart in Excel.

Create a stacked bar/column chart

Create a stacked bar/column chart

Here I take a stacked bar chart for instance.

1. Select the data including total data, and click Insert > Bar > Stacked Bar. See screenshot:

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2. Then click Design > Switch Row/Column. See screenshot:

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Now a stacked bar chart is created.

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If you want to insert a stacked column chart, also click Insert > Column > Stacked Column, then click Design > Switch Row/Column. And the stacked column chart is shown as below screenshot:

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Tip: If you need, you can add the totality labels by right clicking at the Total series, and selecting Add Data Labels from context menu, then the total labels are added.

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