change font color of first cell in data table attached to chart

[momo]

When I change the color of my font in a data table that I attached to my
column chart, the first cell or what appears to be the name for my first
column along the x-axis will not change color. WHY?

 

[Markus Scheible]

Hi Momo,

When I change the color of my font in a data table that I attached to my
column chart, the first cell or what appears to be the name for my first
column along the x-axis will not change color. WHY?

Because Excel does not work with the data cell formatting
for its graphs but only with the data cells volumes...

BTW: Afaik you can not use different colors within the x-
axis...

Best

Markus

 

[Jon Peltier]

As Markus pointed out, data tables are not too flexible when it comes to
formatting. Tushar Mehta has a tutorial that illustrates a much more
flexible way to make a data table on your chart:

http://tushar-mehta.com/excel/newsgroups/data_table/index.htm

John Mansfield has a similar example:

http://www.pdbook.com/index.php/excel/a_simple_alternative_to_built_in_data_tables/

- Jon
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