{"id":1130,"date":"2015-03-31T22:55:46","date_gmt":"2015-03-31T20:55:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/?p=1130"},"modified":"2023-11-30T21:53:25","modified_gmt":"2023-11-30T20:53:25","slug":"adding-data-labels-to-an-excel-chart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/blog\/adding-data-labels-to-an-excel-chart\/","title":{"rendered":"Adding Data Labels To An Excel Chart"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Data Labels make an Excel chart easier to understand because they show details about a data series or its individual data points.<\/p>\n<p>Depending on what you want to highlight on a chart, you can add labels to one series, all the series (the whole chart), or one data point.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">In our example below, I add a Data Label to a column chart and then I format the data label using CTRL+1.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>I then select to custom format the numbers so it shows the values as <em>thousands<\/em> by adding a comma <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em><strong>,<\/strong><\/em><\/span> after each zero and then showing the work <em><strong>k<\/strong><\/em> by adding <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">&#8220;k&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Example Custom Number Format: \u00a0\u00a0<\/em> [$$-1004]#,##0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>,&#8221;k&#8221;<\/strong><\/span>;-[$$-1004]#,##0<strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">,&#8221;k&#8221;<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6xvPpDRJ3gQ?rel=0 \" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/MyExcelOnlinecomtutorials?sub_confirmation=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignmiddle wp-image-111468 size-full\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/1.yt_.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><a class=\"IRPP_minimalist icon-download\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Data-Labels.xlsx\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"ctaText px-3 text-capitalize\">Download workbook<\/span><span class=\"postTitle px-3\">Data-Labels.xlsx<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">HELPFUL RESOURCE:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/100-5.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Adding Data Labels To An Excel Chart\"  class=\"alignnone wp-image-1017 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/728x90.jpg\" alt=\"Adding Data Labels To An Excel Chart\" width=\"728\" height=\"90\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/728x90.jpg 728w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/728x90-300x37.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Data Labels make an Excel chart easier to understand because they show details about a data series or its individual data points. 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