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janeller316
Inspiring
June 13, 2017
Answered

Changing space between labels in a graph?

  • June 13, 2017
  • 4 replies
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Hi,


Is there any way to change the space between labels in a graph? Or change the width between each tick mark? I know how to change the width of the columns themselves and I see something there called cluster width, but when I fool around with those, they don't widen the actual width between labels/tick marks. The answer's probably simple, but I'm still learning the graph tool.

Correct answer janeller316

Thanks. Unfortunately, increasing the width does nothing but make the numbers bigger.I gave up and created it manually.

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alejandron72440789
Participant
November 7, 2019

Hi!

I think I found the solution to this issue! (I know I'm a year late, but other people may benefit).

To edit the position and/or orientation of the text elements you need to select all the text elements with the "Direct selection tool" (white arrow) and the go to "Effects">"Distort and Transform">"Transform"  once there you can play with the controls to organize your text elements. 
Cheers!

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    defaultl5cropy26sd8
    Participant
    November 3, 2021

    Well this helped me now in 2021!  Thank you!

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    janeller316AuthorCorrect answer
    Inspiring
    June 19, 2017

    Thanks. Unfortunately, increasing the width does nothing but make the numbers bigger.I gave up and created it manually.

      Larry G. Schneider
      Community Expert
      Larry G. SchneiderCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      June 13, 2017

      Then you'll have to rotate the text 90 degrees. It can only be as wide as the two bars for each data set.

      Monika Gause
      Community Expert
      Monika GauseCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      June 13, 2017

      Can you please show an example?

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      janeller316Author
      Inspiring
      June 13, 2017

      Here's the graph I'm working on. I need the columns far enough apart that the numbers aren't overlapping. I've tried decreasing the font size, but the only way to get the labels looking decent is to make them so small they'd either be unreadable or the graph would have to be resized to the size of the whole page to make them readable.

      Monika Gause
      Community Expert
      Monika GauseCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      June 13, 2017

      But resizing the graph is your only option.

      There's no space left on that x-axis.

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