Add data labels to a chart Click the data series or chart. To label one data point, after clicking the series, click that data point. In the upper right corner, next to the chart, click Add Chart Element > Data …

This displays the Chart Tools, adding the Design, Layout, and Format tabs. On the Layout tab, in the Labels group, click Data Labels, and then click the option that you want.

If you don't want to change the text of the source data, you can create label text just for the chart you're working on. In addition to changing the text of labels, you can also change their appearance by …

Change the text and format of category axis labels and the number format of value axis labels in your chart (graph).

You can use leader lines to connect the labels, change the shape of the label, and resize a data label. And they’re all done in the Format Data Labels task pane. To get there, after adding your data labels, …

To make a chart easier to understand, you can add chart titles and axis titles, to any type of chart in Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, or Word.

You can use a keyboard and screen reader to add a title, data labels, and a legend to a chart in Excel.

Learn how to add a legend to a chart, retrieve a missing legend, and adjust its settings. Add, edit, or remove a chart legend in Excel.

To add a new legend entry, type the reference to the worksheet cell or type a new name and then, in the Series values box, type a reference to the data series on the worksheet that you want to use for the …

Learn how to create a chart in Excel and add a trendline. Visualize your data with a column, bar, pie, line, or scatter chart (or graph) in Office.