Data Series Label Positioning

[Thomas M.]

Excel 2007

I have an bar chart that has vertically oriented data labels that are
centered on each bar of the chart. I need to reproduce that for another
chart, but I'm having a hard time figuring out how I got it to work the
first time. I know how to add the series label to the chart and to flip the
labels vertically, but the labels all appear above the bar instead of being
centered within the bar. How do I get the series labels to automatically
center within each bar?

Thanks for any insight that you can provide.

--Tom

 

[Andy Pope]

Hi,

Select the data labels. CTRL+1 to display format dialog.
Select Label Options
Label Position > Center

Cheers
Andy

 

[Thomas M.]

I don't see a "Label Position" option. I *do* see an option for alignment,
which is where you set the horizontal alignment and text direction, but I
see nothing for vertical alignment. I thought that maybe the number was too
large to fit within the bar, so as a test I dummied up the data to make it a
small number so that there would be plenty of room for the number to fit
inside the bar, but it still displays above the bar.

--Tom

 

[Andy Pope]

Care to email me directly an example of your file?

andy AT andypope DOT info

Cheers
Andy

 

[Andy Pope]

Hi,

The lack of alignment options is due to the use of 3d charts.

And to get the labels centered you need to use the stacked 3d column
rather than clustered 3d.

Cheers
Andy

 

[Thomas M.]

That did the trick! Thanks for the help. That was driving me crazy.

--Tom