I am experiencing a strange graphical error in a bar graph and I was wondering if anyone knew a way to fix or circumvent the issue.


I am using Office 2010 and I have created a 3D Column type bar chart. I also added Wipe animation to each individual column to make it look like the columns are growing vertically until they reach their intended level. I have attached the problematic slide to this message.
The issue I am having is that when the rear columns start to "rise", they overlap with the front columns. When I remove the wipe animation, the columns look fine and do not overlap.
Any help on either fixing this or coming up with an alternative idea would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

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Graph Issue.pptx (309.6 KB, 14 views)

In the animation pane try double clicking the chart animation. In chart animation UNTICK 'start by drawing chart background'

Does that make a difference.

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Graph Issue2.pptx (303.0 KB, 11 views)

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Well, that partly works. The slide that you posted is great however what I want is to have the bars in the front stationary on this slide. They already "rose up" on a previous slide, so I do not want them animated on this slide. For example on my original slide that I attached, the front bars are not animated. If I use your slide, and the only change I make is that I delete the animation on the 2 front bars, the rear bar will continue to glitch.
Anything else that I do seems to work fine however when I use this method of keeping the front bars stationary and the back bars animated, they have this glitch.

A bit time consuming, but you could work with two charts as in attached pptx.
See Selection Pane:
- chart in the back on shows backgrounds, legend, ... and the animated bar for Time 2
- in chart on top everything is deleted or made invisible, except for the Time 1 bars, which are not animated

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Graph Issue3.pptx (320.3 KB, 10 views)

I see the problem too.

Try setting the first animations to with previous > appear.

Does that work for you?

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Graph Issue3.pptx (287.5 KB, 12 views)

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Thanks! Both of these solutions seem to be working and producing the desired effect!

I appreciate your help guys!