Hi,

On the Format Axis dialog try Axis Options.
There is a Label distance from axis property.

Cheers
Andy

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Andy Pope, Microsoft MVP - Excel
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"jv_chile" wrote in message
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I have been searching for hours on how to specify the distance the axis
labels are from the axis line on a chart. The only thing that I find is
the
"internal margin" setting under the format axis dialog box, but it is
grayed
out, and unselectable. Does anyone know if this is possible, and what I
need
to do to change it? I seem to recall that I could change this offset value
in
excel 97.