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Advanced Excel - Leader Lines: Add A Leader Line

Leader lines in Excel connect data labels to their associated data points on charts. They are helpful when data labels are placed away from data points. All chart types that support data labels now have the leader line functionality. To add a leader line, click on a data label and drag it while seeing the four-headed arrow. This will move the label and automatically adjust the leader line. Leader lines can be formatted by right clicking, selecting format leader lines, and changing line properties.

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Advanced Excel - Leader Lines: Add A Leader Line

Leader lines in Excel connect data labels to their associated data points on charts. They are helpful when data labels are placed away from data points. All chart types that support data labels now have the leader line functionality. To add a leader line, click on a data label and drag it while seeing the four-headed arrow. This will move the label and automatically adjust the leader line. Leader lines can be formatted by right clicking, selecting format leader lines, and changing line properties.

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Advanced Excel - Leader Lines

A Leader Line is a line that connects a data label and its associated data point. It is helpful
when you have placed a data label away from a data point.

In earlier versions of Excel, only the pie charts had this functionality. Now, all the chart types
with data label have this feature.

Add a Leader Line


Step 1 − Click on the data label.

Step 2 − Drag it after you see the four-headed arrow.

Step 3 − Move the data label. The Leader Line automatically adjusts and follows it.

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Format Leader Lines


Step 1 − Right-click on the Leader Line you want to format.

Step 2 − Click on Format Leader Lines. The Format Leader Lines task pane appears.
Now you can format the leader lines as you require.

Step 3 − Click on the icon Fill & Line.

Step 4 − Click on LINE.

Step 5 − Make the changes that you want. The leader lines will be formatted as per your
choices.

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