The Horizontal Axis The horizontal axis of a graph is also known as the x axis. Typically, the horizontal axis describes a quantity that changes in a predictable fashion.

Enable Chart Tool options by clicking anywhere within an Excel 2007 or 2010 chart whose information you want to modify. Click Design on the main menu, then Layout and finally, select Axis Title or ...

Figure 2 suggests what this change would look like, ignoring the interactivity and other design features of the original. Figure 2. Same data as Figure 1 in a horizontal bar chart Click to enlarge ...

Bar charts are, essentially, just horizontal Column charts and are generally used when the axis labels are exceptionally long. Pie charts are used to show percentages of the whole, and Line charts ...

Click the Minimum text box and enter 20000. Press [Enter]. Now the horizontal axis crosses the vertical axis at 20,000, making it easier to compare data points and read the chart. Miss an Excel tip?

The Switch Row or Column feature allows the user to swap data over the axis; the data on the X-axis will move to the Y-axis. It’s a feature that transforms the data in the chart. Shantel has ...

At every point on the y-axis (not just at A, B, C and D), the x coordinate is 0. The equation of the y axis is x = 0 Look at the coordinates of points E, F, G and H on the grid. For all these points ...