Descriptive labels on an Excel chart enhance its readability and help you interpret the information the chart contains. Whether naming comes in the form of text, numbers or a combination, both the ...

The X-axis, which is the horizontal axis, on most Excel charts does not use numeric intervals like the vertical Y-axis does. The X-axis contains either strings of text or a date under each set of ...

The Switch Row or Column feature allows you to swap data over the axis. Learn how to switch Rows and Columns in Microsoft Excel.

If you have uneven distribution of data in your Excel chart, here is a better way to change the automatic axis settings.

When the relationship between the charted entities is less important than the individual entities, try using these two chart techniques to highlight important details in Microsoft Excel.

Excel 2016's many new features include six new chart types. Here we cover Histogram, Pareto, and Waterfall, which cover statistical, trend, and other relationships.