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Anonymous
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How to keep the X axis label in vertical

Hi,

 

I have got Line and clustered columns chart and it has categorical type X axis, My problem is that the X axis labels are changing to 45 degree based on the number of records, Is there anyway I can keep the labels always reamin in vertical.

 Axis lable.PNG

Thanks,

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v-kelly-msft
Community Support
Community Support

Hi @Anonymous ,

 

Drag the position marked in red as below of your visual then expand it to the size when it shows the label in vertical.

7.png

 

Then you will see the magic:

 

8.png10.png

 

Best Regards,
Kelly

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v-kelly-msft
Community Support
Community Support

Hi @Anonymous ,

 

Drag the position marked in red as below of your visual then expand it to the size when it shows the label in vertical.

7.png

 

Then you will see the magic:

 

8.png10.png

 

Best Regards,
Kelly

Go to Columns > Spacing > increase "Minimum category width"

OsamaMelhem_0-1735103385480.png

 

rajulshah
Resident Rockstar
Resident Rockstar

Hello @Anonymous,

 

You can try adjusting these values under X-axis:
XaxisLabels.png

 

Hope this helps.

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