To change the axis titles (the names of the dimensions) and labels (the value for each data point on the axis) and to set their display style, you can launch the Format Axis dialog using one of the following ways:
Under the General tab, you can specify the styles and fonts for axis titles and labels. Choose the font face, style, size and color from the list and click Apply.
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The style you set on axis titles and labels apply to all axes. |
To set the Axis title text and X Axis label orientation:
Scale |
The step size or increment for tick marks on the axis. |
Minimum |
The minimum value for the axis. |
Maximum |
The maximum value for the axis. |
Use log scale |
Whether to use log scale |
Mask |
The format mask to apply to the axis labels. |
Label Orientation |
The orientation for the data labels. For custom orientation, select or enter a value between 0 and 360. The rotation is counter-clockwise. |
End Margins |
Number of pixels for margins for the chart data area. Depending on the data, this could be top and bottom margins, or left and right margins. The default is 0 pixel. |
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To specify your own custom format, you
can select the different Format types from the drop down list and see how
the format specification works from the format mask automatically
displayed underneath the drop down list. Copy a format that's closest to
what you want and edit it. The commonly used symbols are: |