How to Add a Second Y-Axis on Excel & Make a Second Series at the End of the Chart. Microsoft Excel charts give you a large number of options for displaying the data in your spreadsheet.

Naming Basics Best practice recommendations are to create a chart placing independent variables on the horizontal, x-axis and dependent variables on the vertical, y-axis.

If you have uneven distribution of data in your Excel chart, here is a better way to change the automatic axis settings.

Learn how to read axes and plot graph coordinates on a graph with this BBC Bitesize Maths article. For KS3 students between the ages of 11 and 14.