Victoria is the southernmost major city in Western Canada, and is located about 100 kilometres (60 miles) from BC's largest city of Vancouver on the mainland.
Henry Gantt, a mechanical engineer, invented the Gantt chart in the 1910s. He designed his chart so that production foreman could watch schedules to ensure the work was being done on time. Gantt charts were used when building the Hoover Dam and for organizing large projects.
Select the data that you want to plot in the Gantt chart (A1:C6 in our example worksheet data). On the Insert tab, in the Charts group, click Bar. Under 2-D Bar, click Stacked Bar.Click the chart area of the chart. This displays the Chart Tools, adding the Design, Layout, and Format tabs.resent your data in a Gantt chart in Excel. Even though Microsoft Office Excel 2007 does not provide a Gantt chart type, you can simulate a Gantt chart by customizing a stacked bar chart type so that it depicts tasks, task duration, and hierarchy.