How to Mirror Chart in Excel (2 Suitable Examples)

If you are looking for some special tricks to learn how to mirror chart in Excel, you’ve come to the right place. This article will discuss two suitable examples of creating mirror chart in Excel. Let’s follow the complete guide to learn all of this.

How to Mirror Chart in Excel: 2 Examples

In the following section, we will use two effective and tricky methods to mirror charts in Excel. We will mirror a bar chart in the first example. To create a mirror of a bar chart, first, we organize our dataset, then create a stacked bar chart, and finally, customize the graph by adding graph elements and editing the graph layout. Next, we will demonstrate how to mirror a three-dimensional column chart. This section provides extensive details on these methods. You should learn and apply these to improve your thinking capability and Excel knowledge. We use the Microsoft Office 365 version here, but you can utilize any other version according to your preference.

1. Mirror Bar Chart in Excel

Here, we will demonstrate how to mirror the bar chart. At first, we have to prepare a dataset containing monthly sales of two different products as shown below. Here, Let’s walk through the following steps to mirror the bar chart in Excel.

📌 Steps:

First of all, input the months in the range of cells B5:B16 and sales of different products of the corresponding date in the range of cells C5:D16. Variables on the X-axis are represented by row headers, while variables on the Y-axis are represented by column headers.

Now, we are going to insert a bar chart for our dataset.
First of all, select the range of the cells B4:D16.
Now, in the Insert tab, click on the drop-down arrow of the Insert Column or Bar Chart from the Charts group.
Then, choose the Stacked Bar Chart.

As a consequence, you will get the following bar chart. We added a title for the graph named Mirror Bar Chart.

Next, right-click on the Months in the Bar chart and select Format Axis.

Then, the Format Axis pane will appear on the right.
Next, check the Categories in reverse order to reverse the month’s order.

Next, you have to delete the gridlines and axes by pressing delete from your keyboard or uncheck Gridlines and Axes from the Chart Elements icon.
There, you will get the following bar chart.

You can format the axis by right-clicking the Months in the Bar chart and selecting Format Axis.

Then, the Format Axis pane will appear on the right.
Next, select Label Position, and from the drop-down menu, select Low.

As a result, you will get the following bar chart.

Now, right-click on the Bar chart and select Format Data Series.

Therefore, the Format Data Series pane will appear.
Then, you have to reduce the Gap Width by 0%.

The Bar chart will look like this.

Now, you have to select the bar chart and select the Format tab.
Next, select the Shape Outline option. Select the White color as Theme Color.
Click on the Weight option and from the drop-down menu select 1 pt.

Therefore, the Bar chart will look like this.

Now, we are going to add graph elements. In Quick Elements, some elements are already added or removed. But you can manually edit the graph to add or remove any elements of the chart by using the Add Chart Element option. After clicking on the Add Chart Element, you will see a list of elements.
Next, you have to click on them one by one to add, remove or edit.
Or you can find the list of chart elements by clicking the Plus (+) icon from the right corner of the chart as shown below.
Here, you have to mark the elements to add or unmark the elements to remove.
So, you have to click on the right bar chart and select Data Labels and finally select the Inside Base option as shown below.

Next, you have to click on the left bar chart and select Data Labels and finally select the Inside End option as shown below.

Therefore the Bar chart will look like this.

Now, right-click on the left Bar chart and select Format Data Labels.

Therefore, the Format Data Labels pane will appear.
Then, you have to select Number in the Category option.
Enter 0 in the Decimal places.
Next, select the Red color number format in the Negative numbers option.
Type the following Format Code.
Finally, click on Add.

Therefore, you will be able to mirror the Bar chart as follows.

2. Mirror 3-D Column Chart in Excel

Now, we will demonstrate how to mirror the 3-D Column chart. At first, we have to prepare a dataset containing monthly sales of two different products as shown below. Here, Let’s walk through the following steps to mirror the 3-D Column in Excel.

📌 Steps:

First of all, input the months in the range of cells B5:B16 and sales of different products of the corresponding date in the range of cells C5:D16. Variables on the X-axis are represented by row headers, while variables on the Y-axis are represented by column headers.

Now, we are going to insert a 3-D Column chart for our dataset.
First of all, select the range of the cells B4:D16.
Now, in the Insert tab, click on the drop-down arrow of the Insert Column or Bar Chart from the Charts group.
Then, choose the 3-D Column.

As a consequence, you will get the following 3-D Column chart.

To modify the chart style, select the Chart Styles icon and then, select your desired style option from the Chart Styles group.

Therefore, you will be able to mirror the 3-D Column chart as follows.

💬 Things to Remember

✎ Before inserting a bar chart, you must select anywhere in the dataset. The rows and columns will need to be manually added otherwise.

✎ In the Negative Numbers option, selecting Red color will automatically create a format code for the Red color number, but you must type Black instead of Red in the code to convert the numbers to black.

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Mirror Chart.xlsx

Conclusion

That’s the end of today’s session. I strongly believe that from now you may be able to mirror charts in excel. If you have any queries or recommendations, please share them in the comments section below.

Keep learning new methods and keep growing!

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