Once you have manually placed a label at a specific position, think-cell will Include any existing legend ( Legend) for the chart.
When manually placing a series label, alternative locations for the label will Labels that do not show the drag icon when selected, do not offer alternative While you areĭragging, available locations highlight, and the blue selection frame jumps Selection then this indicates that there are alternative locations for theĭrag the selection frame or the drag icon with the mouse. If a drag icon appears at the lower right corner of the Label can be placed at multiple positions, you can manually change think-cell’s In general, think-cell automatically places all labels at appropriate positions. If two labels are too close together, offset one of them towards the center If there is enough space, place them as close to the segment’s outside Segment and add a line that points to the related segment. If there is not enough space inside a segment, place the label outside the If two labels are too close together, offset one to the left and the other to If a label is larger than the segment it belongs to, put a colored rectangle If there is enough space, place all labels centered. These rules are specific to the chart type and to
A number of built-in rules ensures that labels are always placed for easy When using think-cell, labels are automatically placed at their appropriate Scatter includes bubbleĪdditionally, some chart decorations also support labels: Note: Column includes stacked chart, clustered chart, 100% chart, MekkoĬhart, waterfall chart, and their rotated variations. Here is a list of labels that are supported for different types of charts, and theīuttons in the context menu to add or remove them:
This section explains how think-cell’s labels work inĦ.1 Types of labels 6.2 Automatic label placement 6.3 Manual label placement 6.4 Text fields 6.5 Text label property controls 6.6 Pasting text into multiple labels 6.1 Types of labels Mode by pressing F2 and use the cursor keys and If you want to keep the existing text, enter text editing When a label is selected, you can start typing, In addition, you can always enter additional text or replace the default text inside When you create labels from think-cell’s context menu, the defaultĬontent is taken from the datasheet or calculated by the program (in the case of Avoid using PowerPoint textīoxes to label your charts as they will be ignored by think-cell’s automatic label
Think-cell takes care of correct and readable labeling.