How to hide points on the chart axis

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Sometimes you need to omit some points of the chart axis, e.g., the zero point. This tip will show you how to hide certain points on the chart axis using custom label format.
Hide zero point in the Excel 2013 chart

To hide some points in the Excel 2013 chart axis, do the following:

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

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   2.   On the Format Axis task pane, in the Number group, select Custom category and then change the field Format Code:

# ###;- # ###;;

Format Axis Excel 2013

The first applies to positive values, the second to negative values, and the third to zero (for more details see Conditional formatting of chart axes).

   3.   Click the Add button.

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