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Inserting and formatting charts190
2. Open the Appearance > X/Y/Z Axis > Label property group.
3. Select Show object name to show the object name on the label.
4. Type the text into Other label if you want to assign custom text to the label in place of
the object name.
5. To format the text, Click ... next to Text Format to open the Text Format dialog box.
6. Select the font in the Font list.
7. Select the font style in the Font style list.
8. Select the font size in the Size list.
9. Select the font color by clicking the Font color list and choosing a color from the palette,
or clicking More Colors on the palette and creating a custom color using the Choose a
Color dialog box. (For more information on creating custom colors, see ”Creating
custom colors for chart elements” on page 197.)
10.Select the horizontal and vertical alignment of the text by clicking the approriate
Horizontal and Vertical alignment buttons.
11.Select Underline to set the text style to underline.
12.Select Strikethrough to set the text style to strikethrough.
13.Select Wrap Text to wrap the text.
14.You can set many of the properties in the Text Format dialog box directly from the
property list, where they appear beneath Text Format.
Formatting axis values and axis markers
You can personalize how the axis values, scale, and markers display on charts as follows:
• axis value format – choose a specific number format for numbers, dates, currency, and
so on, and choose the font size, orientation, and color for the text
• axis scale range – specify a min. or max. value on the axis
• axis value frequency – display axis values along an axis at an automatic frequency or
at a frequency you specify
• axis markers – opt to show or hide axis markers