To provide a greater degree of accuracy, you can provide smaller increments by subdividing a division.
Figure 1. Key aspects of the Line and Tick scale bar
To set subdivisions of a scale bar
- In the Scale bar Properties window, click the Subdivisions tab.
- Under Subdivisions, make sure the Show subdivisions check box is selected.
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In the Number of subdivisions box, type or select the number of subdivisions you want in the scale bar.
To specify how many and which divisions to subdivide, click Advanced. For more information, see Selecting the divisions to subdivide.
- Under Headings, make sure the Show headings check box is selected.
- Beside Style, click the button, and then create a style for the heading (see Selecting a style).
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Beside Placement, do one of the following:
- To display the headings on top of the subdivisions, click Top.
- To display the headings on the bottom of the subdivisions, click Bottom.
Note: With the scale-bar type Line and Tick selected, ticks are placed on the same side as the headings. - In the Distance from scale bar box, type or select a value to represent the space between the headings and scale bar, and then from the list to the right, select a unit of measurement.