Microsoft KB Archive/105972

Mac Works: Bar Chart Labels Skipped in Spreadsheet

PSS ID Number: Q105972 Article last modified on 10-22-1998

3.0 4.0

MACINTOSH

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The information in this article applies to:

 == Microsoft Works for the Macintosh, versions 3.0 and 4.0 == 

= SYMPTOMS =

If you select too many columns of numbers for a bar chart, only every other chart label or every third will show.

= RESOLUTION =

Changing the font size for the chart labels will allow more labels to appear. To change the font size, do the following:


 * 1) Click on the chart to activate it.
 * 2) On the Edit menu choose Works Chart Object then click Touch Up Chart
 * 3) Click on the category labels.
 * 4) On the Format menu, choose Font and Style.
 * 5) In the Size box, decrease the size of the font. You may either choose a number from the pull down list or type in a number. The smallest number you can enter is 4.
 * 6) Click OK.

You should see more labels appear however, not necessarily all the labels will appear.

= MORE INFORMATION =

Using the text tool on the tool palette, you can also insert the missing labels.


 * 1) On the tool palette, click the text tool (the capital letter A).
 * 2) Click anywhere on your chart to create a text object.
 * 3) Type in the label.
 * 4) Choose the correct font and size.
 * 5) Move the text box such that the text label appears below the chart.

KBCategory: kbother KBSubcategory: macworkskb

= Additional reference words: 3.00 mac mwksdb chart column label 3rd =

Version : 3.0 4.0 Platform : MACINTOSH Issue type : kbprb ============================================================================= Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1998.