Labels - Data Labels
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Use to label each data point. After creating a graph, you can:

·    Change the data labels or their attributes (see Editing Labels Overview).

·    Add data labels (see Adding Graph Elements).

Dialog box items

Label Type

None: Choose to suppress data labels.

Use y-value labels: Choose to label each point with its y-axis value.

Use row numbers: Choose to label each point with its worksheet row number. You cannot label histograms or bar charts with row numbers.

Use labels from column: Choose to label points with values stored in a column. Enter a text, numeric, or date/time column that contains the data labels.

If graph data match worksheet rows, as for scatterplot, Minitab matches the label column to the data column by worksheet row number. If graph data are summaries of worksheet values, as for histogram and bar chart, the label column order is left-to-right on the graph. If the label column contains more values than are needed, Minitab ignores the extra labels. If the label column contains less values than are needed, the remaining data values are not labeled.

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