Formatting Chart Legends and Titles

An important part of creating an informative, easily read chart is to describe the contents of the chart. Some chart elements you can add to describe your Excel charts are legends, titles, data labels, and annotations. A legend is an index of categories in a chart and the color used to describe them. A sales chart comparing monthly sales for several years, for example, might display the first year in yellow, the second year in blue, and the third year in red. The legend identifies those relationships so you can read the chart accurately. Titles, data labels, and annotations describe specific parts of a chart or, in the case of annotations, give general information about the data the chart displays.

Show or Hide a Chart Legend

  1. Click the chart you want to format.

  2. Click the Layout tab.

  3. Click Legend.

  4. Click the desired legend display option.

    Show or Hide a Chart Legend

Add Titles

  1. Click the chart you want to format.

  2. Click the Layout tab.

  3. Click Chart Title.

  4. Click the desired title display option.

  5. Click the title and then type the new title for the chart.

    Add Titles

Add and Remove Data Labels

  1. Click the chart you want to format.

  2. Click the Layout tab.

  3. Click Data Labels.

  4. Click the desired data label option.

    Add and Remove Data Labels
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