Legend: Information panel

A legend contains names and markers of data series in the chart. The order of displaying data series in the legend corresponds with their order on a chart.

NOTE. A legend displays only the data series, for which the Show in Legend checkbox is selected.
After conditional formatting rules are added, the legend will display the series fill colors that were specified before applying conditional formatting rules.

To open the Legend group of parameters:

Select a chart.
Press the Settings button on the toolbar. The side panel is hidden by default.
Select the required group of parameters.

Select legend position relative to the chart area. The available options: top left corner, top border center, top right corner, right border center, bottom right corner, block bottom border center , bottom left corner, left border center. When the position option is selected, the Position Legend Automatically checkbox is selected.

Legend's default position is set to bottom border center:

To hide the chart, select the Do not Show Legend checkbox.

Determine element layout settings in the legend:

To set element layout option, select the required option in the drop-down list:

Automatic. Default value. The number of rows and columns is selected depending on the number of legend elements and its size.
Multiple Columns. Specify the number of columns for legend elements. The specified number of columns is used regardless of the legend size.
Multiple Rows. Specify the number of rows for legend elements. The specified number of rows is used regardless of the legend size.

NOTE. To view chart elements that do not fit the legend, use row/column scrollbars.

To wrap words in the legend, select the Word Wrap checkbox. The setting is used only for the Multiple Columns legend element layout option with the 1 value.

Available legend element name displaying options:

Element names without word wrap:

Element names with word wrap:

Set font options:

Font. Select one of the available fonts in the drop-down list. If required, one can load custom fonts.
Font Size. Select the required font size. The size is set in points, and it can be selected in the drop-down list or entered manually. The range of available values: [8; 36].

Font style. Select font style:

B. Bold.
I. Italic.
U. Underline.

When the button is pressed, the corresponding font style is used. Several styles can be used simultaneously, for example, pressed B and I buttons result in bold italic font style.

To set up legend background, select fill type in the drop-down list:

No Fill. Fill is not used.
Solid Fill. Select solid fill color for the plot area in the drop-down palette. If required, specify fill opacity percent.
Two-Color Fill. Select the start and the end colors of two-color gradient in the drop-down palette. If required, specify tilt angle and fill opacity percent.
Hatching Fill. Execute the operations:

Select solid fill color in the drop-down palette. If required, specify fill color and hatching color transparency percent.
Select texture option in the Hatching drop-down list.
Select hatching color in the drop-down color palette.

To reset the settings and restore the default style, click the Delete button.