You can hide or show the legend and change its position
relative to the chart area, chart body, or a data item. For example,
in a bar chart showing revenue for each product line by country or
region, you could use the expression [Country or Region] = 'Canada'
to position the legend relative to the Canada bar.
Note: When you choose a preset legend position, that position appears
inside any padding that you have added to the chart object. Customized
legend positions do not include any chart padding.
Procedure
- Select the chart object.
- In the Properties pane, under Chart
Annotations, double-click the Legend property.
- To show the legend on the chart, select the Show
Legend check box.
- To choose a preset legend position, click Preset and
click a position from the diagram.
- To choose a customized legend position, do the following:
- Click Advanced and click the ellipsis button.
- To display the legend at a set distance from the sides
of the chart area, from the Anchor list, click Relative
to Chart.
- To display the legend at a set distance from the sides
of the chart body, from the Anchor list, click Relative
to Chart Body.
- To display the legend at a set distance from a data item, such as a specific pie slice in a pie chart, from the Anchor list, click Report Expression, click the ellipsis button beside Expression, and enter an expression in the Report Expression dialog box.
- Set the horizontal and vertical distances from the anchor.
