Image: PixieMe/Adobe Stock. There are lots of ways to highlight a specific element in a Microsoft Excel chart. You might add data labels or use pictures instead of a plain column in a column chart.

Open the Excel 2010 spreadsheet that holds the two charts you want to make into one. Click on the first chart to activate it, then click on any of the data series that make up the chart.

Excel’s chart features can turn your spreadsheet data into compelling visual communications—if you know what to do. This guide will walk you through the basics of setting up trends ...

Add data labels: Data labels add numeric values to a chart, rather than relying solely on visualization. To add data labels, select the chart, navigate to the Chart Design tab, and click Add Chart ...

If you want to add labels to the bubbles in an Excel bubble chart, you have to do it after you create the chart. Mary Ann Richardson explains what you need to do to add a data label to each bubble.