Naming Basics Best practice recommendations are to create a chart placing independent variables on the horizontal, x-axis and dependent variables on the vertical, y-axis.

Excel automatically distributes these points along a uniform X axis. To add more data to the Y axis in a line chart, add additional numbers in cells below your existing data.

If you have uneven distribution of data in your Excel chart, here is a better way to change the automatic axis settings.

Want to know how to create a scatter plot in Excel? Here's a guide on how we created a simple chart based on performance numbers.

You can make a bar graph in Excel by first selecting the range you want to depict, and then using the dropdown menu to select the desired chart.

Adding the x-axis and y-axis labels can be done in the usual way. However, Excel has no specific tools for adding individual data labels to each bubble. You will need to add each data label ...

We discuss a comment on a previous post stating that the text of labels on the vertical axis of graphs must be horizontal by discussing the pros and cons of four possible positions for these labels.

The translation of graphs is explored A translation is a movement of the graph either horizontally parallel to the x -axis or vertically parallel to the y -axis.

Slide 1 of 9, A graph showing the x axis and y axis increasing in units of one from zero to eight, intersecting with each other at zero comma zero., A pair of axes, labelled 𝒙 and 𝒚.