Zooming a chart view

Zoom in on part of a bar chart, plot chart, or area chart to see a subset of the data in greater detail.

About this task

Zooming expands the chart along the category axis; for example, you can zoom a bar chart to show just a few bars, or zoom a plot or area chart to show a shorter span of time. While displaying the chart, complete the following steps to zoom:

Procedure

  1. Select an area of the chart by clicking and dragging the mouse pointer.
    The selected area immediately expands to fill the available view space. Each time you click and drag, the chart zooms to show more detail.
  2. Press Esc for each zoom step to undo.
    The plot area returns to the previous size.