Category Axis Label Alignment

I want to know if we can modify or adjust the alignment of the Category Axis labels (for the x-axis).
My situation is as follows: I have a column chart on which I want my Category axis labels (for each column). I have put them in an angle to help reading them. They are currently "centered" wrt their respective columns. It makes it hard to associate the label to the appropriate column because the end of the label aligns with the center for the next column.
Can I either move the Category Axis Label text box? or change the alignment per se? In Excel for example, the text would be aligned such that the end of the text matches the center of its column.
Thanks

celine_l wrote:
Can I either move the Category Axis Label text box? or change the alignment per se? In Excel for example, the text would be aligned such that the end of the text matches the center of its column.
No. This appears to be a design error in Numbers, and worthy of a Feature Enhancement request.
Go to the Numbers menu, choose Provide numbers Feedback, and request that this behaviour be changes to have the ends of the rotated category labels centered on the column they label. Then cross your fingers and hope for a change in a futre version.
Regards,
Barry

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