Format a PowerPoint Chart Axis

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You can format a Chart Axis, and change the font, font size, colour, etc. The process is a little fiddly. To start, make sure your chart from the previous section is selected, as in the image below:

If you look at the image above, you'll see shaded lines around the outside, with black squares on the lines. If your chart looks like this then you can Edit it. If you see white squares or circles instead, then the Chart Object is selected, but you can't edit it. Double click the chart, if you see white squares or circles, and you'll enter Edit mode.

To format the Category X Axis, right click on any of the text. In the image below, we've clicked on Supervisors:

When you see the same menu as above, click Format Axis from the menu. You should then see a dialogue box appear. This one:

This is not the Tab we want. So click on Font to see the following:

This is just the standard Font dialogue box that you've met before. The font we went with was Arial, with a size of 12. We didn't go for Bold text, but Regular instead. But click OK when you have made the changes.

Your Category X Axis will then look like this:

There's not much left to do on this chart, now. We can change the bars themselves, and move the Series Legend to the left. First, we'll change the bars, which are called the Data Series.

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