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There are the standard titles for the chart and the axes that you can put on. If you want additional text on a chart, one way of doing it is to use a text box. You may want to change colours of text and the background of the textbox and the lines to blend in with your chart.
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How do you get excel to ignore blank cells in a chart or how can you select only specific cells to put into the chart?
Excel is too alert and observant to ignore anything. The second method is therefore the correct one.
How do put a title on any chart?
To put a title on any chat in Microsoft Excel you need to apply a chart layout that has a title and then you can change it. Or you can add a title manually by clicking on the layouts tab, then layouts, and then chart title.
How does excel know what to use as the title of a chart?
It does not always know. It will depend on the data you are using and how you have it set up. Sometimes a title is not put onto the chart.
Where can you place a data label in an Excel chart?
Data labels appear on charts. If your right click on an item in a chart, such as a bar or a pie or a line, you can choose Format Data Series and then you can choose Data Labels. You have a choice of various types of data labels to put in, such as the actual value or the percentage.
Why doesn't pressing the Alt Enter work for me when trying to do multiple lines of text for an Excel chart?
It will work if you do it directly on the worksheet or on the chart, but not in the chart wizard or the chart options. So you can type the value in a cell and use Alt-Enter and then include the cell in your chart. Also, once a chart title is on a chart, click directly on it and you can use Alt-Enter or even just Enter to put part of the title on a new line.
How do you know when a chart is function prealgebra?
If you put a vertical ruler anywhere on the chart, it hits the chart line at most once.
How do you prepare a gannt chart in the Excel?
In Excel a Gantt chart is the equivalent of a bar chart. Having put in the data you need into the spreadsheet, you then start the Chart Wizard, by either going to the Insert menu and picking the Chart option or clicking on the Chart Wizard icon on the standard toolbar. Then you can pick the bar chart and continue with the process of creating your chart with the Chart Wizard. There are various options you can pick. Which ones you use will be down to your own preferences.
How many charts can be put on one Excel sheet?
You can embed as many as you want on a worksheet. Only your computer's memory would limit it. A chart sheet can only have one chart.
How do you put a chart title box after a chart has been created?
You can do it through going to the chart options. Excel charts are very adaptable. If you right click on any area of the chart you can change the thing you have clicked on. If you right click in an open area of the chart and go to Chart Options you will get the options to add titles.
What is data series in Excel?
When you are creating charts in Excel a data series refers to the sets of values that are going to be on the chart, be it a line chart, a bar chart, a pie chart etc. Different types of charts can work with different kinds of series. If you select the data you want to chart, and use the Chart Wizard, it will detect what data you have chosen and define it into series for the purposes of being on the chart. You can do things like give names to the series or set colours for them or put titles and legends on the charts for them, and lots of other things. When you are working with a chart, a Chart menu will appear on the menu bar and there are options in it to do things with the different series that are in it.
How do you make a chart on Microsoft Office Word 2007?
Insert tab - click on Chart in Illustrations section, this will open Insert Chart window, choose chart and click OK, Excel spreadsheet opens where you can put data for your chart. See related link with Microsoft official detailed instructions.
Can a chart be saved on the same worksheet as the data or on a separate worksheet?
A chart can be saved on the same worksheet or on a separate worksheet in Excel. The easiest way to put a chart on a separate worksheet is to create your chart on the same worksheet as your data. After you create your chart, just cut and past to the worksheet where you want it to show.
