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How to move chart X axis below negative values/zero/bottom in Excel?

Author: Kelly Last Modified: 2024-11-07

When negative data existing in source data, the chart X axis stays in the middle of chart. For good looking, some users may want to move the X axis below negative labels, below zero, or to the bottom in the chart in Excel. This article introduce two methods to help you solve it in Excel.

Move X axis' labels below negative value/zero/bottom with formatting X axis in chart

Actually we can change the X axis labels' position in a chart in Excel easily. And you can do as follows:

1. Right click the X axis in the chart, and select the Format Axis from the right-clicking menu.
A screenshot showing Format Axis options for the X-axis in Excel

2. Go ahead based on your Microsoft Excel's version:

(1) In Excel 2013's Format Axis pane, expand the Labels on the Axis Options tab, click the Label Position box and select Low from the drop down list;
A screenshot of setting the X-axis label position to Low

(2) In Excel 2007 and 2010's Format Axis dialog box, click Axis Options in left bar, click the Axis labels box and select Low from drop down list.
A screenshot of setting the X-axis label position in Excel 2007/2010

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Move X axis and labels below negative value/zero/bottom with formatting Y axis in chart

In addition to changing X axis's label position, we can also move chart X axis below negative values and to the bottom with formatting the Y axis as follows:

1. Right click the Y axis and select the Format Axis from the right-clicking menu.
A screenshot showing Format Axis options for the Y-axis in Excel

2. Go ahead based on your Microsoft Excel's version:

(1) In Excel 2013's Format Axis pane, go to the Axis Options tab, check the Axis value option in the Horizontal axis crosses section, and enter the minimum value of Y axis in the following box. In our example, we type -400 into the Axis value box.
A screenshot of setting the Y-axis cross point to a custom value


(2) In Excel 2007 and 2010's Format Axis dialog box, click Axis Options in left bar, check Axis value option and type the minimum value of Y axis (-400 in our example) in following box.
A screenshot of setting the Y-axis cross point to a custom value in Excel 2007/2010

One click to move the X-axis to bottom with an amazing tool

Supposing you have created a cluster column chart as below screenshot shown. and you can one click to move its horizontal axis to the bottom by Move X-axis to Negative/Zero/Bottom tool of Kutools for Excel.
A screenshot of a cluster column chart with the X-axis in the middle

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Select the cluster column chart whose horizontal axis you will move, and click Kutools > Chart Tools > Move X-axis to Negative/Zero/Bottom.
A screenshot of Kutools for Excel's Move X-axis to Negative/Zero/Bottom option

Then the horizontal X axis is moved to the bottom of the cluster column chart immediately. See screenshot:
A screenshot showing the X-axis moved to the bottom in Excel using Kutools

Demo: Move X axis' labels below negative value/zero/bottom in Excel

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