select the chart
<chart><chart options><Gridlines> check the box by catagory x "Major
gridlines"
> when making up a chart with myltiple columns how do I insert verticle lines
> between columns
You could try one of the techniques that Jon Peltier describes here:
http://www.peltiertech.com/Excel/Charts/ComboCharts.html#AddLine
> when making up a chart with myltiple columns how do I insert verticle lines
> between columns

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