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Rotate chart title text or axis text

1. Click the title or the axis you want to format.
2. If you clicked a chart title, click Selected Chart Title on the Format menu.

   If you clicked an axis or axis title, click Selected Axis or Selected Axis Title on the Format menu.

3. Click the Alignment tab.

   If you don't see the Alignment tab, click Cancel, click outside of the text you want to format, and then repeat the procedure.

4. To rotate text, under Orientation, click a degree point, or drag the indicator to the position you want.

Note  When you have more than one level of category axis labels, only the first level (the level closest to the axis) can be rotated.

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