Use this hack to add the data series names in the columns of a graph instead of a legend in Excel
When you are using a clustered column graph in Excel that has two or more data series, how do you tell the viewer which set of columns is which data series? The default method is to use colors and the legend. This video shows you a way to add the data series names into one set of the columns. This is much easier for a viewer to interpret. This method doesn’t replace any data labels for the column values and gives you the flexibility of which set of columns the names appear in.
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0:00 introduction
1:02 Data setup for the chart
4:22 Create the column chart
5:04 Add the scatter plot data series
8:11 Positioning the names
8:46 Formatting the data series names
12:31 Adjusting column spacing
13:35 Applying the idea to two columns
14:47 Applying the technique to create a two-level category label
16:15 Wrapup and Next Steps
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