Properties on the Legend Tab in Category
Charts
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Property
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Description
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Values
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Show Legend
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Indicates whether to display a legend.
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Selected – displays the legend.
Cleared – hides the legend.
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Transparent
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Indicates whether the legend is displayed
with a background.
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Selected – the legend has an invisible
background (i.e. the background of the chart displays behind the
legend).
Cleared – the legend displays with a
background. The color of the background is set in the Category
Legend Properties on this dialog box.
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Orientation
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The placement of the legend in a chart.
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Top – above the plotting area.
Bottom – under the chart's plotting area.
(Default)
Left – on the left side of the plotting
area.
Right – on the right side of the plotting
area.
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Font Size
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The point size of the text that appears in
the legend.
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Point sizes 8 - 72.
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Border Color
button
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The border color of the legend.
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Select a color from the color palette.
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Foreground
Color button
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The color of the text in the legend.
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Select a color from the color palette.
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Background
Color button
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The background color of the legend.
NOTE: The background
will not appear if the Transparent check box is selected.
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Select a color from the color palette.
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Justification
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The justification of the legend.
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Left
Center (Default)
Right
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Show Border
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Indicates whether to show the border of the
legend.
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Selected – shows the border.
Cleared – hides the border.
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Show Vertical
Scroll Bar
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Indicates whether to show a vertical scroll
bar.
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Selected – shows the vertical scroll
bar.
Cleared – hides the vertical scroll bar.
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Maximum
Rows Displayed
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Specifies the maximum number of rows to
display in the legend. This option is available only if the Show
Vertical Scroll Bar check box is selected.
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Values 1 - 10,000
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Maximum
Legend Width
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Specifies the maximum width the legend can
be before a horizontal scroll bar is used. Only applicable when the
Legend Orientation is set to Left or Right.
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Values 1 - 1000
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