Formidable Excel Chart Change Axis
In the chart click the horizontal axis or do the following to select the axis from a list of chart elements.
Excel chart change axis. To change the scale of other axes in a chart see Change the scale of the horizontal category axis in a chart or Change the scale of the depth series axis in a chart. In charts axis labels are shown below the horizontal also known as category axis next to the vertical also known as value axis and in a 3-D chart next to the depth axis. Then if you want to move the Y axis to the left check Automatic in the Vertical axis crosses section.
If you want to move the Y axis to the right check At maximum category in Vertical axis crosses section. To move the Y Axis back to the left right-click the Y Axis and change the Label Position from High to Low in the Format Axis. First right-click on either of the axes in the chart and click Select Data from the options.
When we press Enter Excel displays the changes in the graph which makes the data clearer and easy on the eye. Open the Design tab and press Select Data. If you are in Excel 2010 or 2007 it will open the Format Axis dialog.
A new window will open. In the Format Axis pane in the right click the Axis Options button and change the number in the Major box in the Units section. Right click the axis you want to change select Format Axis from context menu.
When the values that are plotted in the chart cover a very large range you can also change the value axis to a logarithmic scale also known as log scale. Currently the bottom bound value is 0 and the upper bound value is 400. If you have two adjacent columns of data -- X-axis data on the left Y-axis on the right -- select them and press OK to remake the chart using your X-axis range and skip the following step.
Right click the vertical axis and then click Format Axis. To change these values execute the following steps. Right click the chart whose X axis you will change and click Select Data in the right-clicking menu.