Legend

Opens the Legend dialog, which allows you to change the position of legends in the chart, and to specify whether the legend is displayed.

To access this command...

Choose Insert - Legend (Charts)

Choose Format - Legend - Position tab (Charts)

To show or hide a legend, click Legend On/Off on the Formatting bar.

Legend On/Off

Display

Specifies whether to display a legend for the chart. This option is only visible if you call the dialog by choosing Insert - Legend.

Position

Select the position for the legend:

Left

Positions the legend at the left of the chart.

Top

Positions the legend at the top of the chart.

Right

Positions the legend at the right of the chart.

Bottom

Positions the legend at the bottom of the chart.

Text Orientation

This feature is only available if complex text layout support is enabled in - Language settings - Languages.

Text Direction

Specify the text direction for a paragraph that uses complex text layout (CTL). This feature is only available if complex text layout support is enabled.

Overlay

Specifies whether the legend should overlap the chart. Turning off this option is useful if you want to display the legend above an empty part of the chart area instead of beside it. This way the drawing area can fill the whole chart area, increasing its readability.