Setting Chart Titles

To add a title to a chart:

  1. Double-click the chart with your left mouse button.

  2. Right-click the chart once. A menu will appear.

  3. Click Chart Designer. The Chart Designer window will open.

  4. In the box on the left, click Title. Here, you can click a tab for further options:

  1. When you are done, click Apply, and then OK.

 

Footnotes

To add a footnote to a chart:

  1. Double-click the chart with your left mouse button.

  2. Right-click the chart once. A menu will appear.

  3. Click Chart Designer. The Chart Designer window will open.

  4. In the box on the left, click Footnote. Here, you will be given the same options as when adding a chart title (see Step 4, above).

  5. When you are done, click Apply, and then OK.

 

Axis Titles

Adding titles to your X, Y, and Z axes is very similar to adding chart titles and footnotes. For example, to add a title to your X-axis:

  1. Double-click the chart with your left mouse button.

  2. Right-click the chart once. A menu will appear.

  3. Click Chart Designer. The Chart Designer window will open.

  4. In the box on the left, double-click Category (X) Axis.

  5. Click Axis Title. Here, you will be given the options similar to when adding a chart title (see Step 4, above).

  6. When you are done, click Apply, and then OK. (If the axis title does not display, try enlarging the box containing the chart.)