Naming Basics Best practice recommendations are to create a chart placing independent variables on the horizontal, x-axis and dependent variables on the vertical, y-axis.

How Excel Charts Work A chart has an x-axis range and a y-axis range to show the correlation between two different data sets. The x-axis is the horizontal category line.

Adding the x-axis and y-axis labels can be done in the usual way. However, Excel has no specific tools for adding individual data labels to each bubble. You will need to add each data label ...

To create a bi-directional mirror bar chart in Excel, you will have to start with the Stacked Bar In the 2-D Bar section. Here are the detailed steps to be followed.

Making a floating bar chart in Microsoft Excel is a great way to visually represent distribution between entities. Susan Harkins will show you how.

We discuss a comment on a previous post stating that the text of labels on the vertical axis of graphs must be horizontal by discussing the pros and cons of four possible positions for these labels.

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