Create a 2-D bar graph

Start Visio.

In the Business category or template, click Charts and Graphs or Marketing Charts and Diagrams.

From Charting Shapes, drag a Bar graph 1 or Bar graph 2 shape onto the drawing page.

Select the number of bars you want (from 1 to 12), and then click OK.

To add a title to the graph, from Charting Shapes, drag a Text block shape onto the page. With the shape selected, type a title.

Right-click the bar graph shape and click Set Number of Bars.

Click the Number of Bars arrow and select from 1 to 12 bars.

Click the bar graph to select it.

Drag the control handle at the bottom right corner of the first bar, until the bars are the width you want.

Drag the control handle at the top left corner on the left side of the bar graph, until the tallest bar is the height you want.

Select the bar graph, and then click an individual bar to subselect it.

On the Home tab, in the Shape Styles group, click Fill, and then select the color you want.

From Charting Shapes, drag the Y-axis label shape onto the drawing page. Line it up at the x- and y-axis origin, so that its horizontal line is flush with the x-axis.

With the Y-axis label shape selected, press CTRL+D to create a copy. Position the second label toward the top of the y-axis, so that its horizontal line is flush with the highest value.

Repeat to create labels for additional values along the y-axis.

Select each label shape, and then type the value or name that corresponds to the shape's position on the axis.

Repeat steps 2 through 4 using X-axis label shapes, positioning them along the x-axis.