First, select your chart by clicking on the border. Go to the Format tab, and in the dropdown box at the top left of your Ribbon that says Chart Area, and select the axis you want to flip (normally it's the Vertical (Category) Axis, at least in my experience ): Next click. In the Text direction box, click the text orientation that you want. In the Custom angle box, select the degree of rotation that you want. Tip You can also change the horizontal alignment of axis labels, by clicking the axis, and then click Align Left, Center, or Align Right on the Home toolbar.

How to reverse axis order in Excel?

Sometimes, you may need to reverse axis order in a chart. For example, in a bar chart, compared with the data, the axis order is reversed in default, in this case, you may want to reverse the axis order to meet the data order as show as below. Now this tutorial will tell you how to reverse the axis order quickly in Excel.

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Reverse axis order in chart

There is an option in Format Axis dialog for reversing the axis order.

Avast vs mac cleaner xbox one. 1. Right click the y axis you want to reverse, and select Format Axis from the context menu. See screenshot:

2. In Format Axis dialog, check Categories in reverse order option in Axis Options section. See screenshot:

Tip: In bar chart, reserve the x axis with righting click the x axis and selecting the Format Axis from context menu, then checking the Values in reverse order in the Format Axis dialog box.

3. Close the dialog, now the y axis order is reversed.

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  When you reverse the order of the y axis, how do you keep the x axis labels at the bottom of the chart? And, why do they move to the top of the chart?

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    Click 'categories in reverse order' to fix the order problem, then click 'value (Y) axis crosses at maximum category' to put the axis at the bottom.
    These two together will make horizontal bar charts work the way any normal human would want.. :-)

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      Thank you so much
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      You're the best, thanks!
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      Double Thanks Sandy.
      Why on Earth am I formatting the Horizontal Axis in the Vertical Axis Format Properties Microsoft?!?!?!?! I NEVER would have figured this out without Sandy.
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  This is good; however, I still need the x-axis lables to remain at the bottom fo the chart. When you reverse the order, they move to the top. Who would want the axis labels at the top of the chart????

Have you ever created a chart in Excel only to find that the items appear backwards from what you intended? This happened to me the other day, and I recalled that I had posted the solution as part of a larger tip on creating a Gantt chart from a schedule in Excel.

This is such a useful trick, it bears repeating on its own (since not everyone who uses Excel will find it necessary to read our project management series) and with a little more detail.

First, select your chart by clicking on the border. Go to the Format tab, and in the dropdown box at the top left of your Ribbon that says Chart Area, and select the axis you want to flip (normally it's the Vertical (Category) Axis, at least in my experience):

Next click the Format Selection button directly beneath the dropdown list to open Axis Options:

Now check the Categories in reverse order box and click Close. Your chart listing will be reversed.

Suzanne