// Create a new workbook Workbook workbook = new Workbook(); IWorksheet worksheet = workbook.getWorksheets().get(0); IShape shape = worksheet.getShapes().addChart(ChartType.ColumnClustered, 20, 200, 360, 230); worksheet.getRange("A1:D6").setValue(new Object[][] { { null, "S1", "S2", "S3" }, { 1, -25, 25, 25 }, { 2, 51, 36, 27 }, { 3, 52, 80, 30 }, { 4, 22, -20, 65 }, { 5, 23, 69, 69 } }); shape.getChart().getSeriesCollection().add(worksheet.getRange("A1:D6"), RowCol.Columns, true, true); IAxis category_axis = shape.getChart().getAxes().item(AxisType.Category); IAxis value_axis = shape.getChart().getAxes().item(AxisType.Value); // config tick label's format category_axis.setTickLabelPosition(TickLabelPosition.NextToAxis); category_axis.setTickLabelSpacing(2); category_axis.getTickLabels().getFont().getColor().setRGB(Color.GetDarkOrange()); category_axis.getTickLabels().getFont().setSize(12); category_axis.getTickLabels().setNumberFormat("#,##0.00"); value_axis.getTickLabels().setNumberFormat("#,##0;[Red]#,##0"); // Save to a pdf file workbook.save("AxisLabelNumberformatPdf.pdf");