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how to change width of label box in pie chart
In EXCEL 2003 (but all versions have given this problem)
When making a pie chart with long label names & especially when including other data, (%, & values) the names wrap part to next line. Is there a fix to make the label box wider? |
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how to change width of label box in pie chart
The label width is controlled only by Excel, and you can't do much about it.
You could use a textbox instead, but it will not move with the pie wedge. - Jon ------- Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP Tutorials and Custom Solutions http://PeltierTech.com _______ "me@rrc" wrote in message ... In EXCEL 2003 (but all versions have given this problem) When making a pie chart with long label names & especially when including other data, (%, & values) the names wrap part to next line. Is there a fix to make the label box wider? |
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Thanks for update & confirmation. I can quit trying to change them now.
This is what I thought about the labels after fighting with them for so long, but I was hoping maybe someone knew of a way into the program to do this. Too bad Microsoft wouldn't fix these problems, rather than giving us more useless "bells & whistles". Quattro (WordPerfect) doesn't do any better, but people keep telling me office is so much better. The text box eliminates changes to the data & the people I am teaching will probably forget to edit & change the text box too. Someone mentioned linking the data to the text box. Do you know how that would work? me@rrc "Jon Peltier" wrote: The label width is controlled only by Excel, and you can't do much about it. You could use a textbox instead, but it will not move with the pie wedge. - Jon ------- Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP Tutorials and Custom Solutions http://PeltierTech.com _______ "me@rrc" wrote in message ... In EXCEL 2003 (but all versions have given this problem) When making a pie chart with long label names & especially when including other data, (%, & values) the names wrap part to next line. Is there a fix to make the label box wider? |
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You can link textboxes, data labels, axis titles, and the chart title to any
cell in a worksheet. Select the text object, then click in the formula bar, type =, then click on the cell. The formula bar will show a link formula to the cell, like =Sheet1!$A$1. When you press enter, the text element becomes linked to the contents of the cell. - Jon ------- Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP Tutorials and Custom Solutions http://PeltierTech.com _______ "me@rrc" wrote in message ... Thanks for update & confirmation. I can quit trying to change them now. This is what I thought about the labels after fighting with them for so long, but I was hoping maybe someone knew of a way into the program to do this. Too bad Microsoft wouldn't fix these problems, rather than giving us more useless "bells & whistles". Quattro (WordPerfect) doesn't do any better, but people keep telling me office is so much better. The text box eliminates changes to the data & the people I am teaching will probably forget to edit & change the text box too. Someone mentioned linking the data to the text box. Do you know how that would work? me@rrc "Jon Peltier" wrote: The label width is controlled only by Excel, and you can't do much about it. You could use a textbox instead, but it will not move with the pie wedge. - Jon ------- Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP Tutorials and Custom Solutions http://PeltierTech.com _______ "me@rrc" wrote in message ... In EXCEL 2003 (but all versions have given this problem) When making a pie chart with long label names & especially when including other data, (%, & values) the names wrap part to next line. Is there a fix to make the label box wider? |
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Thanks, I have linked other data for marks & names, & this now makes it
possible to create better charts. Works well. "Jon Peltier" wrote: You can link textboxes, data labels, axis titles, and the chart title to any cell in a worksheet. Select the text object, then click in the formula bar, type =, then click on the cell. The formula bar will show a link formula to the cell, like =Sheet1!$A$1. When you press enter, the text element becomes linked to the contents of the cell. - Jon ------- Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP Tutorials and Custom Solutions http://PeltierTech.com _______ "me@rrc" wrote in message ... Thanks for update & confirmation. I can quit trying to change them now. This is what I thought about the labels after fighting with them for so long, but I was hoping maybe someone knew of a way into the program to do this. Too bad Microsoft wouldn't fix these problems, rather than giving us more useless "bells & whistles". Quattro (WordPerfect) doesn't do any better, but people keep telling me office is so much better. The text box eliminates changes to the data & the people I am teaching will probably forget to edit & change the text box too. Someone mentioned linking the data to the text box. Do you know how that would work? me@rrc "Jon Peltier" wrote: The label width is controlled only by Excel, and you can't do much about it. You could use a textbox instead, but it will not move with the pie wedge. - Jon ------- Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP Tutorials and Custom Solutions http://PeltierTech.com _______ "me@rrc" wrote in message ... In EXCEL 2003 (but all versions have given this problem) When making a pie chart with long label names & especially when including other data, (%, & values) the names wrap part to next line. Is there a fix to make the label box wider? |
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woo... this is excellent. I didn't know a text box can link to cell.
But it is not able to put in formula like "=roundup(A1,0)", right? "Jon Peltier" wrote: You can link textboxes, data labels, axis titles, and the chart title to any cell in a worksheet. Select the text object, then click in the formula bar, type =, then click on the cell. The formula bar will show a link formula to the cell, like =Sheet1!$A$1. When you press enter, the text element becomes linked to the contents of the cell. - Jon ------- Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP Tutorials and Custom Solutions http://PeltierTech.com _______ "me@rrc" wrote in message ... Thanks for update & confirmation. I can quit trying to change them now. This is what I thought about the labels after fighting with them for so long, but I was hoping maybe someone knew of a way into the program to do this. Too bad Microsoft wouldn't fix these problems, rather than giving us more useless "bells & whistles". Quattro (WordPerfect) doesn't do any better, but people keep telling me office is so much better. The text box eliminates changes to the data & the people I am teaching will probably forget to edit & change the text box too. Someone mentioned linking the data to the text box. Do you know how that would work? me@rrc "Jon Peltier" wrote: The label width is controlled only by Excel, and you can't do much about it. You could use a textbox instead, but it will not move with the pie wedge. - Jon ------- Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP Tutorials and Custom Solutions http://PeltierTech.com _______ "me@rrc" wrote in message ... In EXCEL 2003 (but all versions have given this problem) When making a pie chart with long label names & especially when including other data, (%, & values) the names wrap part to next line. Is there a fix to make the label box wider? |
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how to change width of label box in pie chart
On Fri, 20 Jul 2007, in microsoft.public.excel.charting,
Angus said: woo... this is excellent. I didn't know a text box can link to cell. But it is not able to put in formula like "=roundup(A1,0)", right? Correct. But you can link to a cell that does have that formula, and that's just as good. -- Del Cotter NB Personal replies to this post will send email to , which goes to a spam folder-- please send your email to del3 instead. |
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