To change the axis type to a text or date axis, expand Axis Options, and then under Axis Type, select Text axis or Date axis. Text and data points are evenly spaced on a text axis.

You can change the alignment of axis labels on both horizontal (category) and vertical (value) axes. When you have multiple-level category labels in your chart, you can change the alignment of all …

To change the format of numbers on the value axis: Right-click the value axis labels you want to format. Click Format Axis. In the Format Axis pane, click Number. Tip: If you don't see the Number section in …

Right-click the value axis labels you want to format, and then select Format Axis. Tip: If you don't see the Number section in the pane, make sure you've selected a value axis (it's usually the vertical axis on …

If the chart for which you want to change the plotting order displays axes, you can quickly reverse the order in which the categories or values are plotted along those axes.

When you create a chart from worksheet data that uses dates, and the dates are plotted along the horizontal (category) axis in the chart, Excel automatically changes the category axis to a date (time …

After you switch rows to columns in the chart, the columns of data are plotted on the vertical axis, and the rows of data are plotted on the horizontal axis. However, you can quickly change the way that …

If your chart contains chart titles (ie. the name of the chart) or axis titles (the titles shown on the x, y or z axis of a chart) and data labels (which provide further detail on a particular data point on the chart), …

In this chart, the primary vertical axis on the left is used for sales volumes, whereas the secondary vertical axis on the right side is for price figures. In the chart, select the data series that you want to …

After you switch rows to columns in the chart, the columns of data are plotted on the vertical axis, and the rows of data are plotted on the horizontal axis. However, you can quickly change the way that …