{"id":626,"date":"2014-10-06T22:39:22","date_gmt":"2014-10-06T20:39:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/?p=626"},"modified":"2020-05-12T10:02:05","modified_gmt":"2020-05-12T08:02:05","slug":"area-chart-highlight-chart-sections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/blog\/area-chart-highlight-chart-sections\/","title":{"rendered":"Area Chart: Highlight Chart Sections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When you are showing 12 month sales results using a Line Chart and want to highlight certain values within the chart to make them stand out (like Q2 &amp; Q3 results), then an Area Chart will be needed.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_57_1 counter-flat ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title \" >Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li><a href=\"#\" class=\"scroll-to-download\">Free Practice Workbook<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/blog\/area-chart-highlight-chart-sections\/#Want_to_know_how_to_create_an_Area_Chart\" title=\"Want to know how to create an Area Chart?\">Want to know how to create an Area Chart?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Want_to_know_how_to_create_an_Area_Chart\"><\/span><em><strong>Want to know how to create an Area Chart?<\/strong><\/em><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>*** Watch our video and step by step guide below with free downloadable Excel workbook to practice ***<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GWnmWdkpg80?rel=0 \" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div>\n<div style=\"float: left;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/GWnmWdkpg80\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Watch on YouTube<\/a> <\/strong><\/span>and give it a thumbs up &#x1f44d;<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/MyExcelOnlinecomtutorials?sub_confirmation=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-111468 size-full\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/1.yt_.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>To do this there are a few steps to follow:<\/p>\n<p>1. Enter the Line Chart for the 12 months of sales;<\/p>\n<p>2. Enter the values you want to highlight on a separate column next to the sales;<\/p>\n<p>3. Click on the Line Chart and drag the blue line that is in the sales column to include the new column (in point 2);<\/p>\n<p>4. Click on the chart and go to <em>Chart Tools &gt; Layout &gt; Select Series 2<\/em>;<\/p>\n<p>5. Go to <em>Chart Tools &gt; Design &gt; Change Chart Type &gt; Area Chart<\/em>;<\/p>\n<p>6. Right click in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/category\/charts\/area\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Area Chart<\/a> and format it to your liking with a light color.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><a class=\"IRPP_minimalist icon-download\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Area-Chart.xlsx\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"ctaText px-3 text-capitalize\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">download workbook<\/span><\/span><span class=\"postTitle px-3\">Area-Chart.xlsx<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you are showing 12 month sales results using a Line Chart and want to highlight certain values within the chart to make them stand out (like Q2 &amp; Q3 results), then an Area Chart will be needed. 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