Prepare Chart Title For Free

Add a chart title manually Click anywhere in the chart to which you want to add a title. ... On the Layout tab, in the Labels group, click Chart Title. Click Centered Overlay Title or Above Chart. In the Chart Title text box that appears in the chart, type the text that you want.

Chart titles best practices Chart titles and captions make visualizations far easier to comprehend. Use titles whenever possible. ... Use appropriate font and style. NEED CONTENT. Summarize the chart in plain english. ... Include the metric units. ... Include the time period. ... Use Dynamic Titles.

All graphs, diagrams and images should be titled as Figures. These will be numbered consecutively throughout the dissertation: Figure 1, Figure 2, Figure 3, and so on. After the numbering, there should be a short and concise title. Titles for figures appear below the figure itself.

Add a chart title Click the chart, and then click the Chart Layout tab. Under Labels, click Chart Title, and then click the one that you want. Select the text in the Chart Title box, and then type a chart title.

Figures should be labeled with a number followed by a descriptive caption or title. Captions should be concise but comprehensive. They should describe the data shown, draw attention to important features contained within the figure, and may sometimes also include interpretations of the data.

Click on the Chart Title box. Go to Formula bar and type = Select the cell that you want to show as the chart title. Hit Enter.

The title should concisely tell the reader what is in the graph. Avoid the obvious use of ?vs.? or ?versus? or the word ?plotted? in the title. Graphs that will appear as a figure in a publication or in a formal laboratory report will not have a title (the information is given in the figure caption).