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bolding the axis

The power of contrast in graphic design applied to interactive data visualization with Microsoft hashtagExcel – Now coloring the bars is relatively easy, but how about the axis item getting bold to go along with the “brushing” or highlighting of the bar? This gets crafty but feasible on spreadsheet. Having both the axis items bold and the highlighted bars brought to the foreground while the rest to the background would be appreciated subconsciously by audiences.

Let’s learn how we can bold the items of the axis in an Excel chart.

 

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Links mentioned in the video:

      1. Filter Excel Dashboards with Table Slicers – Clearly and Simply
      2. Showcase for Table Slicers on Excel Dashboards – Clearly and Simply

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Below are real examples in the wild of charts with bolded axis items:

Source: https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2013/02/07/tokyo-drift


Source: https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2021/02/26/joe-bidens-19trn-stimulus-package-is-one-of-the-most-popular-bills-in-decades


Source: https://www.economist.com/britain/2017/02/11/a-plan-to-clean-up-britains-toxic-air


Source: https://x.com/nytimes/status/1535328488735006722?s=20


Source: https://biqdata.wyborcza.pl/biqdata/7,159116,30359484,miasta-bez-ziemi-dlaczego-budowanie-jest-takie-drogie-raport.html


Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/interactive/2023/life-expectancy-calculator-compare-states-countries/


Source: https://www.wsj.com/business/auto-ceos-make-about-300-times-what-their-median-worker-is-paid-heres-how-that-stacks-up-cefc9a5?mod=e2twg


Source: https://www.sfchronicle.com/projects/2023/bay-area-city-population-change/


Source: https://www.ft.com/content/799d8670-cc75-4435-af33-ca8b32e913d5


Source: https://www.ft.com/content/6a61757f-8352-4102-897d-4b319b42ea63


Source: https://www.wsj.com/articles/maui-hawaii-fire-victims-lahaina-investigation-9db67b14?mod=e2twg


Source: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/08/12/climate/wind-solar-clean-energy.html


Source: https://www.wsj.com/articles/perseid-meteor-shower-august-2023-peak-59a9a0a8


Source: https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2023/04/05/europe-drastically-cut-its-energy-consumption-this-winter


Source: https://www.tijd.be/politiek-economie/belgie/algemeen/aantal-arbeidsongeschikten-neemt-dubbel-zo-snel-toe-als-aantal-werkende-belgen/10458327.html


Source: https://www.eldiario.es/sociedad/espana-prefiere-costa-ranking-censo-poblacion-provincia-1900-2021_1_9754824.html


Source: https://www.reuters.com/graphics/COP-27/COP27/zgvobwqkapd/


Source: https://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/markus-soeder-sieht-bayern-beim-ausbau-erneuerbarer-energien-vorne-ein-faktencheck-in-daten-und-statistiken-a-89c687cc-a195-4c9e-a9f9-53ecbf51f2da?sara_ecid=soci_upd_KsBF0AFjflf0DZCxpPYDCQgO1dEMph


Source: https://elpais.com/clima-y-medio-ambiente/2022-07-24/olas-de-calor-lo-que-viene-es-peor.html


Source: https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/want-to-know-where-the-supreme-court-goes-next-look-at-alitos-and-thomass-dissents/


Source: https://www.szabadeuropa.hu/a/abrakon-mutatjuk-meg-hogyan-tuntetne-el-az-osszes-szivarvanyt-a-kormany/31929828.html


Source: https://www.tijd.be/politiek-economie/europa/algemeen/europese-gasnachtmerrie-nadert/10402238.html