Comments on: Placing Chart Data Labels

By: Andy Pope

Andy Pope — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 15:48:59 +0000

@macutan,

Prior to xl2013 data labels have no Width or Height property you can alter, either manually or with code.
So no you can not force single line text.

The only alternative is to use textbox shapes.

By: macutan

macutan — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 14:47:14 +0000

One last question, is there a property on the .datalabel where I can force the data label to be on one line (as opposed to wrapping into multiple lines).

By: macutan

macutan — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 21:36:07 +0000

I replaced that line with

Set cht = ActiveSheet.ChartObjects(1).Chart

and it worked, thanks again for this post. very sleek

By: macutan

macutan — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 20:42:28 +0000

Hey guys, not very experienced with VBA here. I am getting a Run-Time error ’424′ on the following line

Set cht = wshInventory.ChartObjects(1).Chart

I am using excel 2003.

By: MSimms

MSimms — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 13:39:18 +0000

Dick – why not have an option for the name and value placement ?
Leonid makes a great point: you can’t assume the last data points are going to show a nice separation.

By: Leonid

Leonid — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 18:33:05 +0000

What if the last values of multiple series are the same or too close to each other?
I like a design often used in WSJ charts where series labels (or labels+values) in the legend are ordered by last values rankage and colored according to the series colors.
Charley Kyd suggested one of the ways to do it in Excel with custom legend and without VBA.

By: Dick Kusleika

Dick Kusleika — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 14:54:04 +0000

Hey, that's not too bad I think I prefer it the other way, visually, but at about 1/3 of the code and no chance of bumping into each other, the trade-off is probably worth it.

By: Andy Pope

Andy Pope — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 09:02:53 +0000

Why not have the last data label show both name and value?

By: MSimms

MSimms — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 18:38:28 +0000

Very slick and useful.