From the course: Excel 2016 Essential Training
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Formatting charts
- When you create a chart in Excel, many of the chart elements are all in place and practically ready for presentation. As I highlight the data here in this worksheet called Formatting Charts, I can create a chart quickly with alt F1, or if I want a chart on a separate sheet, the F11 key, or going by way of the Insert tab in the ribbon, I can go to Recommended Charts, possibly pick one of the other buttons in the background, focus on the chart type I want, possibly this one. I like that best. Click OK. Got a chart. We've got a legend either on the right side or below it. It explains what the colors stand for. Beneath each cluster of columns we see a region name. That works fine. Chart Title is not something we want to keep. We might want to explain the numbers down the left-hand side, so, what's missing here? You could make the case for saying just two things, a main title on top, a title down the left-hand side. One approach is, click Chart Title, type in whatever we want. That's…
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