Based on posts in this forumn I see that there are add-ins for custom
labeling of chart data labels.

Jon pointed out these free add-ins:
Rob Bovey's Chart Labeler, http://appspro.com
John Walkenbach's Chart Tools, http://j-walk.com/ss

My problem is that i have a need to do this programatically on many
workstations that will not have the add-in. CAN IT BE DONE BY VBA CODE?

reference :
http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...a-32764526fa44

(sorry for the [kind of] repeat post but i clicked YES to did this answer
the question before actually getting a working answer)

TIA in advance for any help!