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secondary axis option not available on mac
I have a similar problem, but with an ordinary line chart.
I have used secondary axes before in Excel, and I think it was in Office 2011 for Mac, but I can't be sure.
The "Help" page tells how you can add a secondary axis in Word for Mac, but not Excel!
That seems ridiculous.
Hbarr
I am running Microsoft Excel for Mac, Version 16.21.1 (190123), in Office 365.
Using a new iMac Pro running MacOS 10.14.3 (the latest version)
hbarr Patricia_Bloj I figured out how to do this on Mac. The help is just wrong (it should be right, but the menu apparently has a bug).
1. Select the series you want to add a secondary axis for
2. Right-click (two-finger tap) on the series
3. Select "Format Data Series..."
4. In helper window on the right, you can choose to plot the series on primary or secondary axis.
- thank you so much, this is the solution!
- this was helpful but then how do I make that second data series a line rather than a bar?
- That's a great question!
- This works! Thank you so much!
- The Help is confusing--only the first step is for Word only. The rest of the steps apply to both Excel and Word. Unfortunately, if you follow the directions they still don't work. On Mac, the option to add a secondary axis is apparently absent.
