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Zoom a Chart

If you are working with 2D XY-charts (Bar, Line, Point, etc.) or 3D charts, you can zoom in or out of a chart. This allows you to see some of the chart's data in greater detail, or get a more general picture of your data.

Note that zooming is unavailable for 2D Pie, 2D Doughnut, Radar, and Polar charts.

Zoom In a Chart

To zoom in a chart, do one of the following.

  • Hold down SHIFT and click.

    After you press SHIFT, the mouse pointer is changed to zoomingChart1. Then, move the mouse pointer to the chart region to be zoomed into, and click (while holding SHIFT). The magnification factor is 300%.

  • Press SHIFT and select a region on a diagram.

    After you press SHIFT, the mouse pointer is changed to zoomingChart1. Then, select a zoomed region by dragging the mouse pointer.

    ZoomingChart3

    After releasing the left mouse button, a chart is zoomed into the bounds of the selected region on a diagram.

    Note

    This feature is available for 2D charts only.

    if you press SHIFT and can't zoom in anymore (the mouse pointer is changed to ZoomingChart4), then a chart is already zoomed in by 100 times (10000%). This is the maximum possible zoom factor allowed.

  • Use CTRL+PLUS SIGN.

    In this case, the magnification factor is 120%.

  • Use the spread gestures on a touchscreen device.

    An end-user can zoom in a chart's diagram performing spread gestures on any device supporting touchscreen.

    Gesture_ZoomIn

  • Use the mouse wheel.

    In this case, the magnification factor is 120%.

Zoom Out of a Chart

To zoom out of a chart, do one of the following.

  • Hold down ALT and click.

    After you press ALT, the mouse pointer is changed to ZoomingChart2. Then, move the mouse pointer to the region to be zoomed out, and click (while holding ALT). The magnification factor is 300%.

  • Use CTRL+MINUS SIGN.

    In this case, the magnification factor is 120%.

  • Use the pinch gestures on a touchscreen device.

    A chart's diagram can be zoomed out by performing pinch gestures on any device supporting touchscreen.

    Gesture_ZoomOut

  • Use the mouse wheel.

    In this case, the magnification factor is 120%.

Undo Zooming

Press CTRL+Z to return to the state before the first zoom operation in a series.

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