Suggestion, use shorted names in the category column. Use text boxes or
'call outs' (from Drawing toolbar) to identify items on the chart.
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Bernard V Liengme
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"Kent McPherson" wrote in message
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You're right about the legend not being there so it can't take up space.
Maybe a more accurate description is I end up with white space where the
legend would be if I have long strings as the first column of the data
range and I have the alignment angle for the X axis labels anything other
than 0 degrees. For example, with -15 degrees, it shows the full string
for each row but I end up with the white space problem. If I set it to 0
degrees, only every other descriptor shows up but the white space is gone.


"Bernard Liengme" wrote in message
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This a strange if, in Chart Options, you specify No Legend , or if you
simply delete the legend then it cannot be using up space - it does not
exist!
Tell us more about this problem.
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Bernard V Liengme
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"Kent McPherson" wrote in message
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I have bar charts where I have turned off the legend because my selection
range includes series descriptors. For example:

Descriptor 1 100
Descriptor 2 200
Descriptor 3 300


Because my specific example has fairly long strings for the descriptors,
there is significant white space where the legend would be even though I
have the legend turned off. If I shorten the descriptors, the white
space goes away. I want long descriptors to make the values clear but
not all the white space. Anyone know if I can eliminate this somehow
while keeping the long descriptors?