Modifying charts : Modifying charts in Interactive Viewer : Formatting the chart : How to modify the axis labels of a chart

How to modify the axis labels of a chart

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To hide labels, deselect the Show Labels box on Format Chart. If label names are too long, or if the chart looks too crowded when you display all the labels, you can use Interactive Viewer to specify which labels to skip so that only the other labels appear on the chart.
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To skip labels, set the Interval value at which labels should appear. For example, to show every other label, use an Interval value of 2. To show every fifth label, use an Interval value of 5, and so on. You can also modify the font properties for labels by choosing Select Font.

The following example in Figure 7-22 shows a chart on the left with staggered labels, and one on the right with rotated labels.

Figure 7-22  Staggered labels and rotated labels

Modifying scale

You can modify the scale of the value axis using Interactive Viewer to fit the data that the axis displays. Category axes do not support scale changes. The scale determines the range of values on a linear, logarithmic, or date-and-time axis. You can use the axis scale to change the following settings:

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To set the scale of the y-axis, navigate to Format Chart and specify values for minimum, maximum, and step in the Value (Y) axis title area. The chart on the left in Figure 7-22 has a scale set between 0 and 240000 and a step value of 40000.