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title: Creating variwide charts in Excel
date: "2006-09-22T12:00:00Z"
lastmod: "2011-04-16T18:01:18Z"
categories:
  - excel-tips
  - visualisation
wp_id: 206
description: I demonstrate how to create variwide charts in Excel by repurposing X-Y scatter plots. My video tutorial walks through the specific steps needed to visualize data where both column width and height represent different variables.
keywords: [excel, variwide chart, x-y scatter plot, data visualization, charting techniques]
---

I [mentioned](/blog/visualisation-centralising-improves-productivity/) that it's possible to create variwides using X-Y scatter plots. The video below shows how.

<div class="video-embed"><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/YBbw6kXTGJ4" title="YouTube video" loading="lazy" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe></div>

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## Comments

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- **sathya** _22 Sep 2006 4:08 pm_:
  I can see the video. I use BSNL broadband. Howver Ihave th problm that i cant hear th audio. this is the case even with youtube. looks like BSNL does not allow streaming audio.
- **S Anand** _22 Sep 2006 4:40 pm_:
  That's a pity. Well, at least the video's OK, and good that I've enabled captions. (Hope you can see those?)
- **Ashwin** _6 Jan 2007 1:50 pm_:
  Yes Really useful
- **sumesh** _6 Apr 2007 10:42 am_:
  i cant see the video

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