Designing the chart legend

The chart legend is a table listing and describing the representation of the data in the chart. If you deleted the legend from the chart viewer, you can enable it from the Options tab on the Chart Definition window.

  1. In the Chart viewer toolbar, click the Selection Tool button.
  2. Click the legend.
  3. On the Chart viewer toolbar, click the Properties button.
  4. In the Field list (if available), select the field that most clearly describes the records used in the chart.
  5. In the Size list, type or select the size of the font used to identify the data in the chart.
  6. In the Color list, select the color that you want to use for the font. To modify the color, click More. To change the font, click Selector.
  7. Under Placement, click to select the position of the legend in reference to the chart or drag the legend into position.
  8. Click OK.
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