This article covers the following topics:
What are column charts?
Column charts are charts that display statistics in the form of columns. They can help to show the numerical difference between multiple items to compare.
Customizing column charts
To customize a column chart:
Click the chart.
Click the Edit Chart button. Using the Edit Chart menu, you can customize the chart's data, setup, and labels.
Edit Chart menu features
Each Edit Chart menu section allows you to customize a section of your chart.
Data:
Icons
Colors
Category names
Value numbers
Data can be edited by clicking a cell and manually entering, or copying and pasting from an external source. You can use your keyboard shortcuts (Command-V on Mac and Ctrl + V on PC) to paste data into the cells.
Setup:
Axes
Gridlines
Column style
Labels:
Category labels
Icon labels
Value labels
Scale labels
Note: the Value labels section provides options such as adding a prefix (eg. $) or suffix (eg. %) to the values, and setting the number of decimal places shown on the chart.
