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westes
Jul 23, 2022Copper Contributor
Add Annotation to Graph Data Point
On an Excel time graph, how do I add an annotation on a single data point? At the place where the orange line becomes flat below, the temperature of a fermentation changed. So I want to document t...
Detlef_Lewin
Jul 23, 2022Silver Contributor
westes
Jul 26, 2022Copper Contributor
Does my version of Excel not support annotations of graph data points?
- HansVogelaarJul 26, 2022MVP
Data labels are the only way of consistently adding information to chart points, but they always apply to a chart series as a whole, not to individual points.
- westesJul 26, 2022Copper Contributor
Okay, so I select all the data points my series that I want to annotate, and when I right-click I get this image. I don't see an annotation option there?
- Patrick2788Jul 26, 2022Silver Contributor
Formatting menus for a chart are contextual based on what is active.
I recommend using this drop down to view what you have active:1-click selects the series. 2 clicks selects a data point and from there you add a single data label.