Adding and editing data labels

- Data labels provide good explanatory information…for charts, and you can add them in a number of…different ways.…We don't have them on this chart here, or on…the sheet YearData.…But if we click here, two quick ways to get there could be…by way of the plus button.…We see Data Labels off to the right.…We might click there first and maybe see more labels than…we hope to get.…Let's uncheck that.…Another approach that ultimately is the same is to go…on the Design tab, left most button, Add Chart Elements,…and then pursue Data Labels.…Here, a slightly different view but the same general idea.…

We get a few more visual options here as to where those…numbers might appear.…Some of them completely unacceptable.…And some of them perhaps useful.…Now, another approach could be, let's just go…to Quick Layout.…This is a button we see on the Design tab, second button…from the left.…Some of the choices here, and as we slide over them,…you will see Data Labels.…And you can probably see ahead of time where they might…or might not be, not always.…