John wanted a chart with only the 80 highlighted as £80 and the rest of the axis as normal 10, 20 etc
This involved a simple Custom Number Format being applied to the Y Axis, Number Format of the Chart.
Custom Format: [=80]”£ “0;0;0;
IS THAT ALL
That Simple Custom Number format tells excel to apply at custom format of “£ “0 when the value is 80, otherwise use a normal 0 custom format.
“£ “0 means, Display a £ and a space in front of the number with no decimals
0 means, Display the number with no decimals
WHAT ELSE CAN I DO WITH CUSTOM NUMBER FORMATS AND CHARTS
This technique can be extended in a number of areas
Highlight Just a Single score
Custom Format: [=80]”£”0;;;
Highlight Two Scores
Custom Format: [Blue][=80]”%”0;[Red][=100]”P”0;
Using Wing Ding, Web Dings and Other Characters
Custom Format: [Blue][=100]”4″;[Red][=80]”8″;
and the Web Dings Font
Custom Format: [Blue][=70]”P”;[Red][=90]”O”;
and the Wing Dings 2 Font
SO HOW DO THESE WORK?
As with cells you can apply custom Number formats to any of the Charts numerical objects including the Charts Axis and Data Point Labels.
1. Select the Chart and then the Axis or Data Point Labels.
2. Right Click and select Format Axis
3. Select the Number Tab
4. Custom Format
Put the custom format in the Format Code dialog and Add
5. Close the Format Axis Dialog
CAUTION
If you setup a fancy Custom number Format as say
[Blue][=100]”4″;[Red][=80]”8″;
and then set the axis scaling as Minimum 10, Major Unit 20, the two number 80 and 100, from the Custom format will not display as Excel will skip them according to the Axis Scale.
Downloads
You can see how all the above Charts are made using the Sample Data File Attached
Version – Excel 1997/03, Excel 2007/10.
LINKS
The links below will explain the intricacies of Custom Number Formats.
http://www.ozgrid.com/Excel/excel-custom-number-formats.htm
http://www.ozgrid.com/Excel/CustomFormats.htm
http://chandoo.org/wp/2008/02/25/custom-cell-formatting-in-excel-few-tips-tricks/
The formats described above can be used as equally well with Charts Numbers as with Cell Numbers.
WHAT ARE YOUR FAVORITE CUSTOM NUMBER FORMATS ?
What are your favorite custom number formats?
Share your custom formats or ideas in the Comments below:
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30 Responses to “Great News: Chandoo becomes MVP”
Congratulations! It's well deserved. 🙂
This is amazing. Hearty congratulations and a rocking new year ahead!!!
Congrats! I have learnt alot from your site... and the most important is learning how to achieve the most with the simplest concepts.
Thanks for the excel calendar. Is it possible to get a simple big fonted calendar printable on an A4 size paper without any distracive notes or visuals? BTW, I have already signed up for your newsletter. With warm regards and
Gratefully yours
50+ year old CHarish.
Hey Chandoo,
Great to hear that. Congratulations! The best new year gift, I would say. Keep it up, u've been doing extraordinary work for the excel users community.
Regards,
Pankaj Verma
Congrats dude... fantastic news!
congratulations! your site is great, this is well deserved
Rich
I recently found your site, I visit many. The tips that you provide are in the top 1% of all the sites I visit. Keep on Excelling.
Arnold
South Africa
Congratulations, Chandoo! That's a great way to start the year and make the PHD even better.
Congratulations, Chandoo.
Your site is one of most useful on the net. Happy new year and lot of ideas you will present for us.
Congrats.
Just read your name in an email from Abhishek. Well deserved.
Congratulations, and Happy New Year.
Greetings from Rio de Janeiro my friend! You trully deserve it!
Nive way to start 2009! Keep up the good work!
FC
That was quite forseeable , so you have now really got your PhD in excel.
Anyways Chandoo you have made excel a real Fun doo
I will like you to write some more on INDEX and MATCH function in near future.
@Hey Chandoo ! Congrates....
Ab to treat mangta hai !
Well deserved Chandoo!!
Congrat's!! Very well deserved 🙂
i always browsed mr.excel and used to see MVP writtne below names of people who used to solve queries in excel forum there......i just used to admire as to what they have special in them that they are MVP......
but now i got my answer...............u deserve it man..........
@All: thanks everyone 🙂
Congratulations Chandoo, nice job!
Chandoo,
A well deserved recognition and a good start to the New Year. Continue your good work.
Subbu
Many Congratulations.
You deserve a Ph.D. 🙂
congrats.....
Congrats dude. Rock on!
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Respected sir,
I am impressed!.... Good job done.. Keep it up...
Sir, How to be a MVP certified person. What level of knowledge is required for it? send me links if possible.
Please reply...
Regards,
Dipak Khalasi.
Dipak -
The first thing you need to cultivate is the ability to search the web effectively. You could start by Googling "Microsoft MVP".
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Congrats Chandoo!!
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