Excel automatically distributes these points along a uniform X axis. To add more data to the Y axis in a line chart, add additional numbers in cells below your existing data.

You can make a bar graph in Excel by first selecting the range you want to depict, and then using the dropdown menu to select the desired chart.

In Microsoft Excel, to draw attention to a specific marker in a line chart, drop in a thin line, think of it as a marker.

By embedding a chart in a Word 2013 document, you're using the same engine on which Excel relies, so shifting the axis to the graph's center mirrors Excel's procedure. In most cases, the ...