Excel Chart Hack: Put data series labels in the bars of a bar chart instead of the legend

In the video I am using Excel 365 on Windows 10, and most modern versions of Excel and PowerPoint will look very similar. If you like the video, please subscribe to the channel and add a comment below.

0:00 Introduction
0:42 The approach
2:47 Create the bar chart
4:05 Add scatter plot data series
7:01 Set axis scales
8:49 Add data labels
11:26 Adjust label positions
13:16 Wrapup

[bradleyann]

Thank you for the clear explanation of how to put a scatter plot on a bar chart. It’s very helpful to understand why it works like it does. Can’t wait to try it out!

[xvnbm]

This should be a basic option in excel. Excel is such an awful program to use.