Conditional formatting for chart axes

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Another powerful trick to attain the attention of the audience and improve the effect of your presentation is to use axis label formatting customized for the specific value ranges.
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To change format of the label in the chart axis, do the following:

   1.   Right-click in the axis and choose Format Axis... in the popup menu:

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   2.   In the Format Axis dialog box, on the Number tab, select Custom category and then change the field Type and click the OK button:

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  • If you need a unique representation for positive, negative, and zero values, just write multiple formats, separating each with a semicolon.
    • If you write two formats, the first applies to positive and zero values and the second applies to negative values.
    • If you write three formats, the first applies to positive values, the second to negative values, and the third to zero.
    • If you write four formats, they apply to positive, negative, zero, and text values, respectively.

    [Blue]# ###;[Red]# ###;[Green]~0;

  • If you want to create a custom condition based on values below or equal to some point (for example, -60) and greater than it, you could type the following condition codes:

    [Cyan][<=-60];[Magenta][>-60]

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