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<topic id="textsharedguidechart_axisxml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH">
<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Editing Chart Axes</title>
<filename>/text/shared/guide/chart_axis.xhp</filename>
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<history>
<created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created>
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<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3155555"><bookmark_value>charts; editing axes</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>axes in charts</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>editing; chart axes</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>formatting; axes in charts</bookmark_value>
</bookmark>
<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3155555" xml-lang="en-US" level="1"><variable id="chart_axis"><link href="text/shared/guide/chart_axis.xhp">Editing Chart Axes</link>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3156426" xml-lang="en-US">To edit the axes of a chart that you have inserted:</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3155535" xml-lang="en-US">Double-click on the chart.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3147242" xml-lang="en-US">A gray border appears around the chart and the menu bar now contains commands for editing the objects in the chart.</paragraph>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3154749" xml-lang="en-US">Choose <emph>Format - Axis</emph>, then select the axis (or axes) that you would like to edit. A dialog appears.</paragraph>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3154285" xml-lang="en-US">Select from the available sections and make the required changes (for example, select the <emph>Scale</emph> tab if you want to modify the scale of the axis).</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3156327" xml-lang="en-US">Click <emph>OK</emph>. In your document, click outside the chart to exit chart editing mode.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147335" xml-lang="en-US"><link href="text/schart/01/05010000.xhp">Format - Object properties</link></paragraph>
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