I'm sure its easy once I get to understand the logic of the new chart system, but I want my X-axis labels for my line chart to be at a 45-degree angle to the axis. This used to be easy, but I can't find it anywhere, nor on the forums. I know it can be done, because the example in the help file shows them at a 45° ...
BG wrote on 2008-03-30 12:57:
> I'm sure its easy once I get to understand the logic of the new chart system,
> but I want my X-axis labels for my line chart to be at a 45-degree angle to
> the axis. This used to be easy, but I can't find it anywhere, nor on the
> forums. I know it can be done, because the example in the help file shows them
> at a 45° ...
Select the X-axis, go to Format / Selected Axis, then to the Alignment tab.
JL
Mac OS X 10.4.11, Office v.X 10.1.9
Michel@officeformac.com - 12 May 2008 06:23 GMT
> On 2/9/08 3:02 PM, in article
> 4f58989a-5d93-4be6-91ec-1b474e2a366d@m34g2000hsf.googlegroups.com,
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> Bob Greenblatt [MVP], Macintosh
> bobgreenblattATmsnDOTcom
Hope you're still reading this thread. Already 3 months since your explanation, but I see many similar questions and no clear answer. I just want to make a simple graph with data against years (x-axis). I cannot put in the x-axis data as years only, but need to input like 1-1-2008 etc. otherwise the date format will turn it into 1905 dates. When having the graph made, the dates are correctly used as x-axis data, but still in their full format (1-1-2008) where I just need 2008. If I use a 1-januari-2008 notation (I'm using the Dutch version of Excel 2008) the graph tool will use the English notation instead. Even I cannot find a tool for manually editing the x-axis data (Y-axis legend is OK). Any help appreciated.
Carl Witthoft - 12 May 2008 21:55 GMT
> > On 2/9/08 3:02 PM, in article
> > 4f58989a-5d93-4be6-91ec-1b474e2a366d@m34g2000hsf.googlegroups.com,
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> notation instead. Even I cannot find a tool for manually editing the x-axis
> data (Y-axis legend is OK). Any help appreciated.
Unless office2008 borked this, it's easy: on the chart, click on the
X-axis. Select the menu Format/Selected Axis . In the dialog box,
click the Number tab, then select the format you want displayed on the
chart.

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