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Chart Text

Use the Chart Text panel to edit a chart’s title, subtitle, caption, and locale. Axis Titles, Legend, and Number Formatting are in the Axes & Legend panel, covered on the Axes and Legend page.

The Chart Text panel opens from the left sidebar. Use it to update the text in the chart
The Chart Text panel opens from the left sidebar. Use it to update the text in the chart

Titles

  • Title Edit the chart’s title. Titles can have multiple lines; insert a line break using the enter key.
  • Auto Titles Toggle this on to have InstaCharts write a descriptive title for you, based on the chart’s chosen attributes.
  • Subtitle Add an optional subtitle to the chart. Like titles, subtitles can have multiple lines; insert a line break using the enter key.
  • Title Align The title and subtitle are center aligned by default. Change this setting to ‘Left’ to left align the titles.

Caption & Sources

Use Caption and Sources to add text to the bottom left corner of the chart.

The caption and source is shown on the bottom left portion of the chart.
The caption and source is shown on the bottom left portion of the chart.
  • Caption Enter in text to add a caption to the bottom left corner of the chart.
  • Source Text Enter in text to display as a source. Shown on the chart under caption.
  • Source Url Enter a url to display as a clickable source link. Shown on the chart under caption.

Axis Titles

Axis titles are set in the Axes & Legend panel. See Axis Titles.

Legend

Legend options are set in the Axes & Legend panel. See Legend.

Number Formatting

Number formats are set in the Axes & Legend panel. See Number Formatting.

Locale

Use the Number & Currency Locale and Time Locale dropdowns to change the locale of numbers and dates within the chart. The default values are autodetected by your browser.

List of Number & Currency Locales

Number and Currency locales are important for properly formatting numbers and currencies in your chart. InstaCharts has many number and currency locales from around the world, but this is not an exhaustive list. If we are missing your locale, please feel free to send us an email at support@instacharts.io to include it.

  • Arabic
  • Chinese - China
  • Catalan - Spain
  • Czech - Czechia
  • Danish - Denmark
  • German - Germany
  • German - Switzerland
  • English - Canada
  • English - Great Britain
  • English - United States
  • Spanish - Spain
  • Spanish - Mexico
  • Finnish - Finland
  • French - Canada
  • French - France
  • Hungarian - Hungary
  • Italian - Italy
  • Japanese - Japan
  • Korean - Korea
  • Dutch - Netherlands
  • Polish - Poland
  • Portuguese - Brazil
  • Portuguese - Portugal
  • Russian - Russia
  • Russian - Ukraine
  • Slovenian - Slovenia
  • Turkish - Turkey
  • Ukrainian - Ukraine
  • Hebrew - Israel
  • Swedish - Sweden
  • English - India
  • Macedonian - North Macedonia

List of Time Locales

Time locales are important for properly formatting dates in your chart. All currently supported time locales are listed below:

  • Arabic - Egypt
  • Arabic - Syrian Arab Republic
  • Catalan - Spain
  • Czech - Czechia
  • Danish - Denmark
  • German - Switzerland
  • German - Germany
  • English - Canada
  • English - Great Britain
  • English - United States
  • Spanish - Spain
  • Spanish - Mexico
  • Farsi - Iran
  • Finnish - Finland
  • French - Canada
  • French - France
  • Hebrew - Israel
  • Croatian - Croatia
  • Hungarian - Hungary
  • Italian - Italy
  • Japanese - Japan
  • Korean - Korea
  • Macedonian - North Macedonia
  • Norwegian Bokmål - Norway
  • Dutch - Belgium
  • Dutch - Netherlands
  • Polish - Poland
  • Portuguese - Brazil
  • Russian - Russia
  • Swedish - Sweden
  • Turkish - Turkey
  • Ukrainian - Ukraine
  • Chinese - China
  • Chinese - Taiwan