What can't value labels be rotated to allow for placement within a column?

I only want value labels to rotate to allow for placement within columns. I've attached my chart, which was painfully manipulated in Illustrator to rotate each individual data label. This should be a feature in Numbers.

Posted on Jan 3, 2024 2:14 PM

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Jan 3, 2024 3:22 PM in response to R1Law

It's not a feature, but you could request that feature here: Feedback - Numbers - Apple

You could do the same thing within Numbers that you did using Illustrator. Somewhat painful depending on how many you have to do.

Jerry

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Jan 3, 2024 5:43 PM in response to R1Law

That is way too much work, especially if something changes. Can you do a bar chart (horizontal bars) instead?

Jan 3, 2024 7:28 PM in response to R1Law

If you do as Badunit suggested, you can get to this in less than two minutes. I captured the chart as a PDF and rotated the image. Of course it's static, but so is the one you modified in Illustrator. In another minute or two I could have moved the Axis Labels. I left them out rather than have them on the wrong edge.

Jerry

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What can't value labels be rotated to allow for placement within a column?