Home |
Search |
Today's Posts |
#1
Posted to microsoft.public.excel.charting
|
|||
|
|||
HOw do I seperate a legend from its chart?
This question was also asked in 2006, but the answer was quite a bit of a
workaround and I am hoping someone might have worked it out by now, I have Excel 2003. Basically I have a chart with a large amount of data that I need to present in a report. I want to show the chart and the legend, but as the legend is so large it skews the image. Is there anyway to seperate these (without doing a cut and paste job in paint), so that I can place them in a word document? Would like to keep it somehow all linked. Hope this makes sense, thanks Michael |
#2
Posted to microsoft.public.excel.charting
|
|||
|
|||
HOw do I seperate a legend from its chart?
Hi Michael,
This might not be very elegant, but why not copy the chart so you have two charts, then delete the legend from one and minimize the plot area of the other whilst maximising the legend? Ed Ferrero www.edferrer.com |
#3
Posted to microsoft.public.excel.charting
|
|||
|
|||
HOw do I seperate a legend from its chart?
Thanks Ed but when I am deleting the legend from one, the chart is not
resizing itself - it was extra long as the legend was beneath with about 70 odd legend references. This is resulting in a large white space beneath the chart and resizing it manually also changes the chart. I am reluctant to start again as I had to manually add each series data individually to ensure correct labelling and capture. I originally tried to do in bulk but it kept failing. "Ed Ferrero" wrote: Hi Michael, This might not be very elegant, but why not copy the chart so you have two charts, then delete the legend from one and minimize the plot area of the other whilst maximising the legend? Ed Ferrero www.edferrer.com |
#4
Posted to microsoft.public.excel.charting
|
|||
|
|||
HOw do I seperate a legend from its chart?
Hi,
1. you can't break the chart apart in Excel but you could do a screen shot, and crop to the legend and put it into Word. 2. You can resize the legend to be multiple rows and multiple columns say 10x7 if that would help. You can resize the Font of the legend to make it smaller. 3. Using Ed's suggestion you can turn off the legend in one chart and in the second chart you can resize the legend to take up the entire chart, covering the plot. If necessary you can change the legend fill so you can't see the chart. if any of this helps, please click the Yes button. Cheers, Shane Devenshire "Michael" wrote: Thanks Ed but when I am deleting the legend from one, the chart is not resizing itself - it was extra long as the legend was beneath with about 70 odd legend references. This is resulting in a large white space beneath the chart and resizing it manually also changes the chart. I am reluctant to start again as I had to manually add each series data individually to ensure correct labelling and capture. I originally tried to do in bulk but it kept failing. "Ed Ferrero" wrote: Hi Michael, This might not be very elegant, but why not copy the chart so you have two charts, then delete the legend from one and minimize the plot area of the other whilst maximising the legend? Ed Ferrero www.edferrer.com |
Reply |
Thread Tools | Search this Thread |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Forum | |||
Legend on Chart | Charts and Charting in Excel | |||
legend on the chart | Charts and Charting in Excel | |||
Bar Chart Legend Key | Charts and Charting in Excel | |||
pie chart legend | Charts and Charting in Excel | |||
Chart Legend | Charts and Charting in Excel |