Type in the interval that you want to use for the X-axis labels. The first axis label displays, then Excel skips labels until the number of your interval, and continues on in this pattern.

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.

When you use Excel's Chart Wizard to create a chart, by default the chart takes on the number formats used in the worksheet that includes the charted data. Mary Ann Richardson shows you a way to ...