Excel 2007 - How do I display a date as Jan 2010 not Jan-10?

I want to Display the date Jan 2010 specifically as that on a chart but it keeps changing to Jan-10.

I have checked the date format as dd-mm-yyyy and tried most of the other options too. What am I missing?

Comments

  • type

    'Jan 2010

    with apostrophe

  • Right-click on the axis you want to change. Click "Format axis". Select the Custom format (at the bottom of the list). In the box type

    mmm yyyy

    OK.

  • Select the cell and press ctrl+1

    In the Number tab select the custom format.

    In Type enter "mmm yyyy" w/o the quotes

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