Editing a Chart Legend

To edit a legend, right-click the legend, and select 'Legend Properties' from the context menu. This opens the 'Legend Properties' dialog box.

Note: To hide a legend, right-click the legend and choose 'Hide Legend' from the context menu. To show all legends, right-click the chart and select 'Show Legend' from the context menu.

The General tab of the 'Legend Properties' dialog box offers the following options:

Title

The text to display in the legend title bar.

Legend Border

The line style and color of the legend boundary.

Legend Position

Sets the position of the legend on the plot. Legend position can also be changed by dragging with the mouse.

 

The Content tab of the 'Legend Properties' dialog box offers the following options:

Font

The font and color of the legend content text.

Format

The format of the legend contents. For information about the available format specifications, see the Format Tab section.

The Scale tab is avail­able for measure (numerical) legends.

The Scale tab of the 'Legend Properties' dialog box offers the following two options:

Logarithmic Scale

Set logarithmic scaling for the legend scale. (The logarithm base is selected automatically.)

Reverse

Orient the scale with maximum at left, minimum at right.

The Alias tab is avail­able for dimension (categorical) legends.

The Alias tab of the 'Legend Properties' dialog box allows you to change the labels displayed in the legend. To modify the labels of a legend, follow the steps below.

1. Right-click the legend, and select 'Legend Properties'. This opens the 'Legend Properties' dialog box.

2. Click the Alias tab. This displays a table containing the mapping between original legend labels and new legend labels.

3. Double-click the cells in the 'Alias' column that correspond to the legend labels that you wish to rename, and enter the desired replacement text.

 

4. Click 'OK' to close the dialog box. This updates the legend labels with the specified replacement text.

 

See Also

Adding a Sub-Series, for information about adding a sub-series and legend.

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