I want to make an excel chart, column type, with three labels on the "category (x)axis" and two stacked columns instead of one, as the program allows me. Practically, I would need to make a combination of clustered columns and stacked columns chart subtypes. Is there ANY way of doing that?

Yes, but not very elegant. Enter data as follows: X-axis categories across the top row with double entry for each category and a space between categories, series names in the left column. A A B B C C S1 10 5 30 S2 10 20 30 S3 40 50 30 S4 40 25 10 S5 15 10 25 S6 15 50 25 S7 35 10 25 S8 35 30 25 Format the data series and change the gap width to something small. You should get 2 columns of data for A then a blank column followed by 2 columns of data for B, a blank column and finally 2 columns of data for C.

Well that doesn't look so good, let me try again A A B B C C Ser1_10_____5______30 Ser2_10_____20_____30 Ser3_40_____50_____30 Ser4_40_____25_____10 Ser5____15_____10_____25 Ser6____15_____50_____25 Ser7____35_____10_____25 Ser8____35_____30_____25

One more try _____A__A___B__B___C__C Ser1_10_____5______30 Ser2_10_____20_____30 Ser3_40_____50_____30 Ser4_40_____25_____10 Ser5____15_____10_____25 Ser6____15_____50_____25 Ser7____35_____10_____25 Ser8____35_____30_____25