1. Click on the bar. From menu HomeFill Color..
2. You can either just place a text box or can use a chart labeler add-in.

http://www.appspro.com/Utilities/ChartLabeler.htm

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Jacob Skaria


"dhstein" wrote:

In a bar chart I can't find how to change the colors of the bars. Also I'd
like to put a label at the bottom of the chart. This is Excel 2007. Thanks
for any help on this.