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technology and computing desktop publishingHow do you add series labels in Excel?
Add data labels to a chart
- Click the data series or chart.
- In the upper right corner, next to the chart, click AddChart Element > Data Labels.
- To change the location, click the arrow, and choose anoption.
- If you want to show your data label inside a text bubbleshape, click Data Callout.
Correspondingly, how do you label cells in Excel?
To name cells, or ranges, based on worksheetlabels:
- Select the labels and the cells that are to be named.
- On the Ribbon, click the Formulas tab, then click Create fromSelection.
- In the Create Names From Selection window, add a check mark forthe location of the labels, then click OK.
- Click on a cell to see its name.
Similarly one may ask, how do you format labels in Excel?
To format data labels in Excel, choose theset of data labels to format. To do this, click the“Format” tab within the “ChartTools” contextual tab in the Ribbon. Then select the datalabels to format from the “ChartElements” drop-down in the “Current Selection”button group.
In Excel 2010, the worksheet consists of agrid of columns and rows that form cells. You enter three typesof data in cells: labels, values, and formulas. Labels (text)are descriptive pieces of information, such as names, months, orother identifying statistics, and they usually include alphabeticcharacters.