Resize chart data label

Hi, I have chart data labels that are displaying as one line in Excel but
push over into two lines when paste/linked into a PowerPoint slide. Is there
some way to force the labels to stay on one line? And as a general matter,
is it possible to manipulate the size of the box containing the data label at
all? I can select it but can't seem to resize manually. I also looked for
info on this in VBA help but couldn't find anything.

Any help would be appreciated.

Kind regards,
Don

Don -

You cannot resize a data label, an axis title, or a chart title, even
though it looks like a real text box with eight little resizing handles
when it's selected. This is the case manually and programmatically (VBA).

A common workaround is to remove the pseudo textbox with a real textbox.
The easiest way to get a textbox into the chart is to select the chart's
plot area or chart area and just start typing. Whatever you type will be
placed into a newly created textbox in the middle of the chart, ready
for you to format and position. To link a new textbox to a worksheet
cell, select the chart (as before), type the equals key, then select the
cell. The formula bar shows the cell link, =Sheet1!$A$1.

- Jon
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Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
Peltier Technical Services
Tutorials and Custom Solutions
http://PeltierTech.com/
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donesquire wrote:

Hi, I have chart data labels that are displaying as one line in Excel but
push over into two lines when paste/linked into a PowerPoint slide. Is there
some way to force the labels to stay on one line? And as a general matter,
is it possible to manipulate the size of the box containing the data label at
all? I can select it but can't seem to resize manually. I also looked for
info on this in VBA help but couldn't find anything.

Any help would be appreciated.

Kind regards,
Don

Jon,

This workaround is fine for us. Thanks very much for your help.

Kind regards,
Don

"Jon Peltier" wrote:

Don -

You cannot resize a data label, an axis title, or a chart title, even
though it looks like a real text box with eight little resizing handles
when it's selected. This is the case manually and programmatically (VBA).

A common workaround is to remove the pseudo textbox with a real textbox.
The easiest way to get a textbox into the chart is to select the chart's
plot area or chart area and just start typing. Whatever you type will be
placed into a newly created textbox in the middle of the chart, ready
for you to format and position. To link a new textbox to a worksheet
cell, select the chart (as before), type the equals key, then select the
cell. The formula bar shows the cell link, =Sheet1!$A$1.

- Jon
-------
Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
Peltier Technical Services
Tutorials and Custom Solutions
http://PeltierTech.com/
_______


donesquire wrote:

Hi, I have chart data labels that are displaying as one line in Excel but
push over into two lines when paste/linked into a PowerPoint slide. Is there
some way to force the labels to stay on one line? And as a general matter,
is it possible to manipulate the size of the box containing the data label at
all? I can select it but can't seem to resize manually. I also looked for
info on this in VBA help but couldn't find anything.

Any help would be appreciated.

Kind regards,
Don