Advanced Excel - Leader Lines

A Leader Line is a pne 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 earper versions of Excel, only the pie charts had this functionapty. Now, all the chart types with data label have this feature.

Add a Leader Line

Step 1 − Cpck 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.

Format Leader Lines

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

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

Step 3 − Cpck on the icon Fill & Line.

Step 4 − Cpck on LINE.

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