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Position

Font

Fill

Border

Legend

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

NOTE. A legend shows only the data series, for which the Show in Legend checkbox is selected.

Examples of legends for various chart types:

To set up a chart legend, use the Legend group of parameters on the parameters panel.

Open the Legend group of parameters

Set the parameters:

Position

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.

By default, the legend is positioned at the bottom of the chart.

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

Font

To set up font, set the parameters:

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.

Fill

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

To reset fill settings, click the Delete button.

Border

To set up legend border, set:

To reset birder settings, click the Delete button.

See also:

Data Visualization as Charts