Hi Brian,

Double click the x axis and on the Patterns tabs you need to set
Tick mark labels to Low.

Cheers
Andy

Brian Shoun wrote:

I have negative numbers in a simple bar chart and the axis labels are
crowding on top of the negative bars. I have the offset maxed out, however,
in some charts this just isn't enough. Please help.

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Andy Pope, Microsoft MVP - Excel
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