Chart titles and captions make visualizations far easier to comprehend. Use titles whenever possible. Titles can combine both a main title and a subtitle to provide additional information about the chart.
Use appropriate font and style
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Summarize the chart in plain english
Use simple language, free of acronyms to clearly explain what the subject of the chart is. Keep the title short and precise and avoid using articles like a, an, the as well as adjectives like great, amazing etc
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You should include the unit of measure in the title or subtitle. For example Sales by Region ($ in millions). Often the unit is mentioned in a smaller font in the axis title. Mentioning it in the chart title gives the unit more visual prominence.
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Include the time period
When a chart shows data for a set period of time, such as Year to Date include that in your title or subtitle.
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Use Dynamic Titles
Where the data or the date period can change in your chart based on user interactions, such as filtering or drill down, consider using dynamic titles to highlight the details of the chart. For example use a dynamic filter to highlight that the subject of the chart is a particular store – based on the filter values.
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For text and data labels, maintain a uniform font size and style. Apply a consistent style for all your data markers, lines, and bars. If you use a dashed line for projections in one chart , do the same in all others. Keep your axis labels and legends clear and consistently positioned.
The chart title should describe the main trend you want the chart to show to the user. Research shows that users are more likely to understand and remember the main trend from a chart where it is also in the chart title. Your chart title does not have to refer to all the data shown in the chart.
The title should concisely tell the reader what is in the graph. Avoid the obvious use of “vs.” or “versus” or the word “plotted” in the title. Graphs that will appear as a figure in a publication or in a formal laboratory report will not have a title (the information is given in the figure caption).
There are several different types of charts and graphs. The four most common are probably line graphs, bar graphs and histograms, pie charts, and Cartesian graphs.
Click on the cell that you want to link to the chart title. Note: The cell should have the text that you'd like to be your chart title (as cell B2 in the example below). The cell can also contain a formula. The formula result will become your chart title.
In the chart, click the title that you want to move to another location.
To move the title, position the pointer on the border of the title box so that it changes to a four-headed arrow. , and then drag the title box to the location that you want.
Captions. In written reports, titles are not used on figures or tables; instead, the information is placed in a caption. Captions for tables are placed above the table (typically left aligned), and captions for figures are placed below the figure.
The ChartTitle is a content control placed at the top of each chart control. It is used to display any title information regarding the visualized chart. You can specify the content of the default ChartTitle control from XAML or code-behind, like this: XAML.
Place the table number above the table, in bold text and flush with the left margin. Place the title of the table (in title case and italics), double-spaced, under the table number, flush left. Double-space before and after the table.
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