Prepare an Excel Gantt Chart in Just 3 Minutes

Dec 25

Prepare a Gantt Before Sipping a Tea

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Hi there,

Now-a-days the climate has drastically changed and the temperature is dropping on day-to-day. So, here is a Gantt for you who can be prepared before having a cup of Coffee or Tea. Per my health condition, I should have only TEA, so, before having a cup of tea I have prepared this Gantt. How About You? ;) Take a try.

In the previous post, we have learnt about When, How & Why prepare Gantt Charts. Here we will see the pictorial demonstration of preparing a Gantt with some fictitious data.

Let's Start:

Arrange a fictitious data like below:

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Firstly,

Select the chart type - Stacked Bar Chart
Select the Planned Series (on the chart) and
Right Click and select "Format Data Series" and
Select to change Fill to "No Fill" & Border Color to " No Line"
Click on Close (window)

Secondly,

Remove the Legend placed on the right corner of the chart just by selecting and pressing DELETE button
Right click on the Planned Series and choose "Add Data Labels"
Now, right click again and choose "Format Data Labels" to change the Data Labels from "Value" to "Category Name"
In the same window, Change the Label Position to "Inside End"
Now, Reverse the y-axis categories to make our chart look like Gantt
Then, delete the y-axis

Thirdly,

Format the axis by selecting Major Unit to 4
Format the grid lines color to Solid line and change Transparency to 75%
Format the axis line color to "No Line"
Format the axis options Maximum to "16"

In addition, change the Plot area color if you still have time like I did here (White, Background 1, Darker 15%).

That's it. Magic Works!!!

DOWNLOAD WORKING FILE.xls

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