This article shows you how to title the vertical and horizontal axis of a chart created with Microsoft Excel. You can perform this procedure on both Windows and Mac systems.
Steps
Step 1. Open the Excel document that contains the chart to be processed
Select its icon with a simple double click of the mouse.
If you don't have a ready-made document, start the Excel program, choose the item Blank workbook, then create a new chart before continuing.
Step 2. Select the chart to edit
Click a point on the graph to activate it.
Step 3. Press the + button
It is located to the right of the upper right corner of the graph pane. A drop-down menu will appear.
Step 4. Select the Axis Titles checkbox
It is located at the top of the "Graphic Elements" menu. This will display two text boxes inside the chart: one relating to the vertical axis and one to the horizontal axis.
If the check button Axes titles appears already selected, deselect it and then reselect it to force the display of the axis labels.
Step 5. Select one of the "Axis Title" text boxes to make the text cursor appear inside it
Step 6. Enter the title you want to assign to the selected axis
Highlight the text "Axis title" already present, type the label you want to insert and click with the mouse a point on the graph. This way the new title will be saved automatically.
Now repeat the process for the other axis of the chart
Advice
- The steps described in this article also apply to charts that can be created in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
- You can change the axis labels of a chart at any time by selecting them directly with the mouse. A text cursor will appear giving you the ability to make any changes you need.
