Add Titles to a Chart

You can add or change the titles for the chart, legend, and axes.

You can add text titles that are descriptive, such as Revenue by product line in 2005. You can use data items as titles. For example, if you have several charts showing revenue by product line for each year, you can drag the year data item to the chart title for each chart.

Procedure

  1. To add a chart title, do the following:
    1. Select the chart object.
    2. In the Properties pane, click Title, and type a chart title.
    3. To add a data item in the chart title, change to the Page Design view and drag a data item to the report title area on the chart.
  2. To add a legend title, do the following:
    1. Select the legend chart object.
    2. In the Properties pane, click Legend title and specify the title.The default title is the name of the data item.
    3. To add a data item in the legend title, change to the Page Design view and drag a data item to the legend title area on the chart.
      Note: If you add a data item to your legend title, when you are in Page Preview view, you cannot edit the data item. To edit the chart title, you must switch to the Page Design view.
  3. To add an axis title, do the following:
    1. Select the axis chart object.
    2. In the Properties pane, click Axis title and specify the title.The default title is the name of the data item.
    3. To add a data item as an axis title, change to the Page Design view and drag a data item to the axis title area on the chart.