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1. FORMAT THE Y AXIS IN EXCEL FOR MAC 2013 HOW TO
2. FORMAT THE Y AXIS IN EXCEL FOR MAC 2013 SERIES
3. FORMAT THE Y AXIS IN EXCEL FOR MAC 2013 WINDOWS

FORMAT THE Y AXIS IN EXCEL FOR MAC 2013 SERIES

Having highlighted this additional data series on your chart, a menu bar labeled “Format Data Series” should appear on the right of your screen, as shown below. To give this data a secondary Y axis, click on one of these bars just above the X axis line until they become highlighted. You’ll see your new data series added to your chart, but currently, this data is being measured as a low-laying series of columns on your primary Y axis. Switch this data series from your primary Y axis to your secondary Y axis. If you’re using a version of Excel that doesn’t provide you with this formatting button, move on to the fourth step below. A pop-up will come out that gives you the option to select a secondary axis. Having selected “Format,” navigate to the dropdown menu on the top-lefthand corner of your menu bar, where it might currently say “Chart Area.” Click this dropdown and select “Series ‘Percent of Nike Shoes Sold'” (or whichever series you want as your secondary axis).Īfter you select “Series ‘Percent of Nike Shoes Sold,'” click on the “Format Selection” button - it’s right below the dropdown. Head over to your top navigation bar and click on “Format.” This should pop up in dark green next to “Chart Design,” as shown to the far right in the screenshot below. Now it’s time to turn the “Percent of Nike Shoes Sold” data - currently row 3 in the spreadsheet - into your chart’s secondary Y axis. Your chart will then appear below your data set. Then, click “Charts,” navigate to the “Column” section, and select “Clustered Column” - the first option, as shown below. Otherwise, you can highlight the data you want to include in your chart and click “Insert” on the top-lefthand corner of your navigation bar. Want a detailed guide to creating a chart in Excel? Click here.

For this example, Row 3 will be our secondary axis. Make Row 1 your X axis and Rows 2 and 3 your two Y axes.

FORMAT THE Y AXIS IN EXCEL FOR MAC 2013 WINDOWS

Note: Although the following Mac and Windows instructions used Microsoft Excel 20, respectively, users can create a secondary axis for their chart in most versions of Excel using variations of these steps.

FORMAT THE Y AXIS IN EXCEL FOR MAC 2013 HOW TO

(And for even more Excel tips, check out our post about how to use Excel.) To help you solve this pesky graphing problem, we’ll show you how to add a secondary axis in Excel on a Mac, PC, or in a Google Doc spreadsheet. You need something called a secondary axis: it allows you to use the same X axis with two different sets of Y-axis data with two different scales. Those two sets of data have two Y axes with two different scales - the number of leads and the conversion rate - making your chart look really wonky. Having those two sets of data on one graph is extremely helpful to picking out patterns and identifying full-funnel trends.īut there’s a problem. Have you ever wanted to create a single chart for two different (yet related) pieces of data? Maybe you wanted to see the raw number of leads you’re generating from each channel and what the conversion rate of the channel is.