How To Add Horizontal Axis Labels In Excel

Adding Horizontal Axis Labels in Excel

Customize Axis Labels from Source Data

To add horizontal axis labels in Excel, the application automatically uses the existing text from the source data. To customize these labels, alter the text within the cells of your source data that aligns with the horizontal axis of your chart.

Applying Custom Labels

If you need to use custom labels that differ from your worksheet data, perform a right-click on the category labels. Then click 'Select Data', followed by 'Edit' in the Horizontal (Category) Axis Labels box. Here, you can enter your desired custom labels for the horizontal axis.

Formatting Axis Labels

You can format text and numbers for these labels differently. For text formatting, utilize the Font and Character Spacing tabs. For numeric formatting, right-click the horizontal axis, select 'Format Axis', and then choose the 'Number' section in the Format Axis pane to adjust numeric displays, including decimal places.

Distinguishing Axis Labels from Axis Titles

It's important to note that axis labels and axis titles serve different purposes. Axis labels appear below the horizontal axis and correspond to the data categories, whereas axis titles provide a description of what's shown on the axis, and are not displayed by default on a chart.

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