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==About The Chart Legend==
 
==About The Chart Legend==
  
1) The legend is designed to help your audience understand the meaning of the '''colors''' and '''shapes''' in your OnePager chart.   
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1) The '''Legend''' is designed to help your audience understand the meaning of the '''colors''' and '''shapes''' in your OnePager chart.   
  
2) A typical chart legend looks like this:
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2) A typical chart '''Legend''' looks like this:
  
 
<center>[[File:P70-15_0_1-70-(1)-10082019.png]]</center>
 
<center>[[File:P70-15_0_1-70-(1)-10082019.png]]</center>
 
<center>P70-15_0_1-70-(1)-10082019.png</center>
 
<center>P70-15_0_1-70-(1)-10082019.png</center>
  
2) Most controls for the legend are available only on the '''Legend''' tab of the '''Chart Properties''' form. (See:  [[Editing with the Chart Properties form for Version 7.0 (Portal) | Editing with the Chart Properties form (Portal)]] 21.0.1-70)
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3) For global '''Legend''' setting options, there is a '''Legend''' tab in all '''Template''' forms. (See:  [[Managing Templates for Version 7.0 (Portal) | Managing Templates (Portal)]]24.0.1-70)
  
3) For global legend setting options, there is a '''Legend''' tab on all '''Template Properties''' forms. (See:  [[Managing Templates for Version 7.0 (Portal) | Managing Templates (Portal)]]24.0.1-70)
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4) Most controls for the '''Legend''' are available only in the '''Legend''' tab of the '''Chart Properties''' form. (See:  [[Editing with the Chart Properties form for Version 7.0 (Portal) | Editing with the Chart Properties form (Portal)]] 21.0.1-70)
  
4) When '''editing''' the chart, some common changes can be made by right clicking the legend and using the controls in the '''context menu'''.  
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5) When '''editing''' the chart, some common '''edits''' can be made by right clicking the '''Legend''' and using the controls in '''Legend's context menu''' as shown here:
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<center>[[File:P70-15_0_1-70-(2)-10082019.png]]</center>
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<center>P70-15_0_1-70-(2)-10082019.png</center>
  
 
5) The visibility of the legend can be changed from a control on the '''View''' tab of the ribbon.
 
5) The visibility of the legend can be changed from a control on the '''View''' tab of the ribbon.

Revision as of 20:14, 8 October 2019

About The Chart Legend

1) The Legend is designed to help your audience understand the meaning of the colors and shapes in your OnePager chart.

2) A typical chart Legend looks like this:

P70-15 0 1-70-(1)-10082019.png
P70-15_0_1-70-(1)-10082019.png

3) For global Legend setting options, there is a Legend tab in all Template forms. (See: Managing Templates (Portal)24.0.1-70)

4) Most controls for the Legend are available only in the Legend tab of the Chart Properties form. (See: Editing with the Chart Properties form (Portal) 21.0.1-70)

5) When editing the chart, some common edits can be made by right clicking the Legend and using the controls in Legend's context menu as shown here:

P70-15 0 1-70-(2)-10082019.png
P70-15_0_1-70-(2)-10082019.png

5) The visibility of the legend can be changed from a control on the View tab of the ribbon.

6) To learn how to change all the default properties of the legend, please review this article: Manual Editing Task/Milestone Shapes and Text Labels (Portal) 9.0.1-70

7) In the article the links that follow cover:

a) Legend positioning options when output is formatted for multi-pages.
b) New legend controls for performing project view updates.

8) More detailed information on managing the chart legend can be found at the following article links:

Managing the Legend in the Chart 15.1.1-70
Legend Position Options for Multi-Page Outputs 15.2.1-70
Editing, Repositioning Legend Items, and Formatting the Legend 15.3.1-70
New Legend Controls for OnePager Pro 15.4.1-70 New Legend Controls for OnePager Express 15.4.2-70

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