Greetings Marianne,Things have changed a lot since the version you are using, and it may be difficult to provide the information you are looking for. I did a bit of digging, and I managed to find this document: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/images/b/bb/CG3403-ChartsAndGraphs.pdf which comes from this location: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Publications/3.x It is for CALC 3.4, but in looking at the release notes ( https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes) between that version and yours, there does not seem to be any changes to the way to manage graphs in 3.4 and your version (except for a new chart type), so you should be able to find the information you are looking for. I hope this helps,Rémy. Le lundi 18 janvier 2021 à 19:18 -0500, marianne-x a écrit : > Ahoy all: > My apologies if this turns out to be a redundancy, but I originally > submitted it some 4 hours ago and it hasn't shown up yet. > Some 20 years ago, I frequently received questions such as those I > pose below, and was able to easily answer them for others. > By now, I seem to have aged out, and am flummoxed by difficulties > that should be rudimentary. > So, should any reader deign to attack my elementary problems, please > keep it simple (& simpleminded) so that I have a chance of > understanding. > I am using 4.4.7.2, under Windows (or, as we call it, /Curtains/) 7, > because it seems more than adequate for my purposes, and I am > somewhat dismayed by the number of regressions noted for later > versions in the comments here. > Calc chart legends. What could be simpler, yet more impossible? I > have cracked this at sometime in the past, as I have just one > spreadsheet with my own chart legend text in my choice of fonts, but > can see no way of regaining that control for other charts in my > armamentarium. > If I right-click a chart, I am presented with 15 options. One is > marked “Text”, which seems promising, but apparently deals with > *positioning*, not content. The thing which it definitely lacks is > any ability to control the legend text contents, or font. > If I double left-click and then right-click, I now have 9 options, > including one which will delete a legend, (leaving me unsure of what > happens if the chart has more than one legend). But, in any case, no > control, beyond excision, over the legend text or its font. > When I double left-click, I get an interesting collection of mostly- > graphic symbols at the bottom of my screen, where the “Find” box > normally lives. One of these is a capital T in a dotted-line box, > which, when hovered-over, reads: “Text Box”. Sounds promising, but > what does it do, and how does one invoke whatever its action may be? > None of these symbols can be dragged onto the chart, and clicking > them – single or double, left or right – produces no obvious result > of any kind. They have interesting titles, and, if they did anything, > might be quite useful. > My first question, then, is: /how do I gain control over chart legend > text & font?/ And a subsidiary wonderment: /why is it so hard to find > this answer?/ > Further routes to failure on this question: > From the on-line manual: > https://help.libreoffice.org/6.1/en-US/text/shared/guide/chart_legend.html?DbPAR=SHARED > <https://help.libreoffice.org/6.1/en- > US/text/shared/guide/chart_legend.html?DbPAR=SHARED> > we have, (appreciating that this is targeted at 6.1; probably an > irrelevant distinction): > > Editing Chart Legends > To edit a chart legend: > 1. > Double-click on the chart. > A gray border appears around the chart and the menu bar now > contains commands for editing the objects in the chart. > 2. > Choose Format - Legend or double-click on the legend. This opens > the Legend dialog. > 3. > Choose from the available tabs to make modifications, then click > OK. > This is no help, as the “available tabs” do *not* allow editing the > text or font. > From the on-line edition of the 4.1 Calc Guide we have, at ppg 88- > 89: > *Adding or removing chart elements* > /*Legends*/ > To add a legend to your chart: > 1. > Select the chart by double-clicking on it to enter edit mode. > The chart should now be surrounded by a gray border. > 2. > Go to*Insert****>****Legend*onthe main menu bar to open the > Legend dialog. This dialog is similar to the *Display > legend*section on the Chart Wizard dialogshown in Error: Reference > source not foundon page Error: Reference source not found. > 3. > Select the *Display legend* checkbox and where you want the > legend displayed on your chart – *Left*, *Right*, *Top* or > *Bottom*. > 4. > Click *OK*to close the dialog. > 5. > Alternatively,right-click inthe chart area and > select*Insert **Legend*from the context menu to insert a legend in > the default position on the right side of the chart. > 6. > Click outside the chart to leave edit mode. > To remove a legend from your chart: > 1. > Select the chart by double-clicking on it to enter edit mode. > The chart should now be surrounded by a gray border. > 2. > Go to*Insert****>****Legend*onthe main menu bar to open the > Legend dialog. > 3. > Deselect the *Display legend* checkbox. > 4. > Click *OK* to close the dialog. > 5. > Alternatively,right-click inthe chart area > and select*Delete****L**egend*from the context menu. > 6. > Click outside the chart to leave edit mode. > Again, the user can add or remove, but not edit. > Another dead-end source illuminates another Calc problem: > https://ask.libreoffice.org/en/question/44705/making-a-double-line-graph-with-proper-data-in-libre-office-calc/ > <https://ask.libreoffice.org/en/question/44705/making-a-double-line- > graph-with-proper-data-in-libre-office-calc/> > This question is “closed” because it was allegedly answered, whilst > in fact no answer of any kind was provided to the basic question “How > *exactly* can I add a 2^nd Y axis and assign different scale to it?”. > Following the given instruction to “Douible /[sic]/ click on the > chart, and then Menu/Insert/Axis, or right-click insert/delete axes” > leads to a menu which allows up to 2 each Y, and 2 each X, axes, but > shows no way to associate a set of figures with the added axes. It > must also be possible to associate colours with the various traces, > but how to do that remains equally a mystery. > Also noteworthy: the OP asked for 2 axes, yet 3 are shewn here, > without instruction as to how to go beyond 2. (The upper illustration > raises more questions, not to be considered here.) One would like to > think that there is no limit to the number of Y axes assignable, but > so far only 1 is usable. > Note that only the yellow trace uses the right vertical axis, the > other two use the left. How does one assign any of these traces to a > particular axis, and keep them straight? (Here the unfulfilled > “Callout” icons might be useful, if understood.) > mk > >
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