Join Dennis Taylor for an in-depth discussion in this video Add floating text and text boxes, part of Excel: Charts in Depth.
- [Instructor] You can add either free floating text … or a text box to a chart at any time … simply by selecting the chart first, … and taking advantage of some of the options available … in the Format tab. … Before doing that in this example here, … I want to change this blue background. … So on that Format tab, off to the left under shape styles, … I'll click the option here, white background. … Now, let's imagine I want to add some text. … Off to the left, under insert shapes, … you'll see a box with the letter A in it. … That's text box. … Click it. … Click within the chart and start typing. … "2020 Data," for example. … Now, that could've been the main title, … or it could've been associated there, … but just type that. … Click outside of it. … Layering might come back and format that … and make it larger, and so on. … It could stand as free-floating text, … we can leave it that way. … If we want to move it, we click it. … We drag the box wherever we want to put that. … Put it anywhere on the chart we wish. …
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Released
9/26/2019- Chart essentials
- Fine-tuning charts with design tab choices
- Inserting pictures, shapes, and text boxes
- Adding shape effects
- Applying WordArt styles
- Working with chart text
- Changing the rotation of chart text
- Changing a chart's data source
- Printing and sharing charts
- In-cell chart alternatives
Skill Level Intermediate
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Introduction
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1. Chart Essentials
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Overview of chart types3m 11s
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Choose styles and layouts3m 42s
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Change chart orientation3m 26s
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2. Fine-Tune Your Charts
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Add a chart element2m 31s
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3. Adjust Chart Elements
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Modify axes3m 22s
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Link titles to content2m 59s
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Add and edit data labels3m 28s
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Add a data table3m 9s
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Work with gridlines3m 19s
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Use legends3m 22s
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4. Format Tab Options
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Work with shapes and arrows2m 56s
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Add shape styles and effects3m 31s
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Work with chart text2m 53s
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Apply WordArt styles2m 5s
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5. Work with Popular Chart Types
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Column and bar charts3m 16s
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Line and area charts3m 25s
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6. Other Specialized Excel Charts
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Combination charts3m 23s
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Stock charts3m 30s
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Scatter charts3m 30s
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Bubble charts3m 27s
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Radar charts3m 26s
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Gantt charts3m 31s
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7. New Excel Chart Types
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Overview of new chart types2m 23s
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TreeMap charts3m 24s
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Sunburst charts1m 51s
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Histogram chart3m 18s
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Box and whisker chart3m 30s
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Pareto chart2m 21s
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Waterfall and funnel charts4m 19s
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8. Change a Chart's Data Source
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9. Print and Share Charts
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Print charts3m 48s
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10. In-Cell Chart Alternatives
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Conclusion
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Next steps25s
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