How do you change the text direction of the vertical axis title number of participants to horizontal?

To rotate X-Axis Labels in a Chart, please follow the steps below:

Step 1: Right-click X-Axis, then click "Format Axis" in the dialog box;

Step 2: In the "Format Axis" window, select "Rotate all text 270" in the Text direction section;

Step 3: The following is the chart after rotating.

Step 4: You can also custom to any other angle in the Alignment section.

1. Select Horizontal in the "Text direction" box;
2. Type the degree you want to rotate in the "Custom angle" box (e.g., 20).

Step 5: Here is the chart after rotating 20 degrees.

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Sometimes, the axis labels in chart are so long that the labels are huddled together as shown as below screenshot. If you do not want to resize the chart size to meet the labels, you can rotate the axis labels to show the labels clearly in Excel.

Rotate axis labels in chart

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Rotate axis labels in chart

Please follow these steps:

Rotate axis labels in Excel 2007/2010

1. Right click at the axis you want to rotate its labels, select Format Axis from the context menu. See screenshot:

2. In the Format Axis dialog, click Alignment tab and go to the Text Layout section to select the direction you need from the list box of Text direction. See screenshot:

3. Close the dialog, then you can see the axis labels are rotated.

Rotate axis labels in chart of Excel 2013

If you are using Microsoft Excel 2013, you can rotate the axis labels with following steps:

1. Go to the chart and right click its axis labels you will rotate, and select the Format Axis from the context menu.

2. In the Format Axis pane in the right, click the Size & Properties button, click the Text direction box, and specify one direction from the drop down list. See screen shot below:

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