Re: Legend on a stacked horizontal bar chart

2010-01-12 Thread mickaxl
Perfect. A simple fake chart for the legend did the trick. In fact since on occasion I have more than 10 colors and that's the optimum number for a horizontal legend along the bottom for my chart size, I was able to place more than one 'legend'; chart underneath the 'real' chart for each group of

Re: Legend on a stacked horizontal bar chart

2010-01-11 Thread KeithB
I'm not sure what you're looking to show/see, but does the following help at all? http://tinyurl.com/ylgx9e9 Alternatively, I previously had the need to display two charts side-by- side and in order to display a common legend I went with a separate third chart that only showed a legend:

Re: Legend on a stacked horizontal bar chart

2010-01-11 Thread mickaxl
The first chart example is not quite there. Each color should only appear once in the legend so I guess I'll need to go the 2nd chart route like you did. I had struggled to get one as neat and tidy as your example so thank you for that. It will work. On Jan 11, 10:18 am, KeithB

Legend on a stacked horizontal bar chart

2010-01-08 Thread mickaxl
I'm having trouble getting an accurate legend for charts like the following: