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The free Chart Alignment Add-in for Excel allows you to quickly align the objects within a chart. The chart titles, labels, and legends can be moved using the arrow keys on the keyboard or with the alignment buttons in the add-in window.The free Chart Alignment Add-in for Excel allows you to quickly align the objects within a chart. The chart titles, labels, and legends can be moved using the arrow keys on the keyboard or with the alignment buttons in the add-in window.VideoThe ProblemWhen chart objects/elements (titles, labels, legends) are added to a chart they are positioned in a default location. For example, the chart title is centered over the top of the chart by default. If you want to put the title in the top left corner of the chart, it can only be moved by left-clicking and holding with the mouse, then dragging and dropping to the desired location.There is no built-in way to move the chart title with the arrow keys, or align it to other positions within the chart (top-left corner for example).
The, but the elements inside the chart cannot.Note: Starting in Excel 2013 the chart objects (titles, labels, legends, etc.) are referred to as chart elements, so I will refer to them as elements throughout this article. The SolutionThe Chart Alignment Add-in is a free tool that allows you to align the chart elements using the arrow keys on the keyboard or alignment buttons on the add-in window. This makes it very easy to quickly nudge and align the chart objects in your chart to improve the look of the chart from the default settings.Feature #1: Arrow KeysThe arrow keys on the keyboard can be used to nudge any of the chart elements in any direction. There is an increment setting that allows you to move the chart element a specific number of points each time an arrow key is pressed. Any of the chart elements (chart titles, axis titles, data labels, plot area, and legend) can me moved using the arrow keys.Feature #2: Alignment ButtonsThe add-in window contains a set of alignment buttons that align the chart elements to the border of the chart when pressed. For example, if you want to align the chart title to the top left corner of the chart, simply select the chart title then press the top-left arrow button on the add-in window.The margin setting allows you to set the margin to a specific number of points that will offset the chart element from the chart border.
Please see the video for more details. Why Move the Chart Titles and Labels?The goal of any chart is to clearly communicate a story about your data.
The reader should be able to understand the message you are trying to convey within a few seconds of looking at the chart. There is a lot of great information about this topic and I will post some links at the bottom for further reading.The default settings for Excel charts don't always apply to some of these theories of reducing chart junk and keeping it simple. This requires you to modify the chart layout, especially the chart elements. The Chart Alignment add-in helps make this process faster and gives your charts a more standardized and professional look.
For example, every single chart you produce in the future can have a chart title that is offset 5 points from the top-left corner of the chart border. This will save you time and take out some of the guess work with arranging the elements. GuideThe add-in is compatible with Excel 2007, 2010, and 2013 for Windows.After you have installed the add-in, the Align Objects button will appear on the right side of the Format tab in the Chart Tools design tab of the ribbon. This is a contextual tab and will only appear when you have a chart selected.Clicking on the Align Objects button will open the add-in window. The window contains two main features: Move Objects with Arrow Keys and Alignment Buttons.Feature #1: Move Objects with Arrow KeysTo move the elements inside the chart with the arrow keys:.
Select the element in the chart you want to move (title, data labels, legend, plot area). On the add-in window press the “Move Selected Object with Arrow Keys” button. This is a toggle button and you want to press it down to turn on the arrow keys. Press any of the arrow keys on the keyboard to move the chart element.Note: The add-in window must be active for the arrow keys to work.
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When you select a different element in the chart, you must then click on the add-in window to activate it, then use the arrow keys.When all the data labels in a series are selected you can use the arrow keys to move all the labels at the same time. Please see the video for further details on this.The Increment amount allows you to set a specific number of points to move the element with the arrow key is pressed. The greater the number, the more distance the element will move when the arrow key is pressed. The “Move Selected Object with Arrow Keys” must be toggled off to change the increment.Feature #2: Alignment ButtonsThe alignment buttons move the selected chart element to a specific location along the charts inner border.To use the alignment buttons:.
Select an element inside the chart (title, legend, plot area). Press one of the alignment buttons to move the selected element to the desired location.The Margin amount allows you to set an amount to offset the element from the border.Note: In Excel 2007 the center alignment buttons do not place the element in the exact center of the chart. This is a limitation of the 2007 VBA object model, and I'm working on an alternate solution.
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DownloadPlease click the link below and the add-in file will be sent to you immediately.Compatible with Excel 2007, 2010, 2013 for Windows. The zip file contains the add-in file (ECChartAlignment.xlam) and installation guide (Installing an Excel Add-in.pdf)Update Instructions: If you have already installed the add-in and want to install an updated version:. Close Excel. Open the folder location where you originally placed the add-in file (ECChartAlignment.xlam). Replace the existing add-in file with the new one. Open Excel.Please leave a comment below with any questions, issues, and ideas for improvement.This add-in will be updated with feature requests. Please subscribe to the free email newsletter to stay updated.
Very helpful for single elements, but I seem to be having a specific problem with it. I want to ‘nudge’ a series of labels appearing at the end of horizontal bars (in the ‘outside end’ position) up or down slightly to create more space between them. However, as soon as I select all of the labels and press any direction key, they all jump to the same horizontal position, ignoring their previous position at the outside end of the bars. Therefore any time saved in positioning them vertically is lost again in having to move them back horizontally.Another issue (and it may be a common one with add-ins, I’m not sure) is that I can’t seem to undo any change I make.
Hi Jon,Thank you very much for creating the adds-in’s. It works as you demonstrated but only at one selected single speed, unlike EXCEL 2003 which allows FINE alignment by holding down the Ctrl key at the same time without installing add-in or doing anything else. Of course this can be done by changing the speed, but this brings up an important question: why the new EXCEL has so many features that are probably never needed while loosing some nice features of the old version? This means it consumes more space with fewer useful, traditional features. What is MS’s philosophy of doing so? Thanks Jon!Hi Zengkui, I am glad you remembered my pic.
?Were you able to group your charts in 2013? Jon is correct. The feature is still available.
You can also group the charts using the Group button on the Format tab of the ribbon. The Format tab will appear when a chart or shape is selected, and the Group button will be enabled when two or more charts/shapes are selected.To select multiple charts/shapes you must hold down the Ctrl or Shift key while left-clicking on the object.Let us know if you have any questions. What would be even handier is if you could move multiple thingswhether or not they are the same kind of object (e.g. Mac cathode. Data labels and chart title).I note this won’t let you move all data labels belonging to a series at once. It will let you move one data label if you click on it twice (the first click selects all the data labels for the series, the 2nd selects the specific data label you clicked on)But if you select a data label by clicking on it once, then the addin will tell you either give a run-time error “Invalid Parameter” or will say “Data Labels cannot be moved with these buttons”, depending on whether “Move selected object with arrow keys” is toggled or not. @Jon Peltier – Thank you for the explanation!@Jeff Weir – Jon’s explanation is correct for the current functionality of the add-in.
It sounds like you might be getting an error though. What type of chart are you testing this on? I read your recent article on the and know you are doing some advanced charting. So it may be an issue with the chart type. You can also send me your file. I would like to get any errors fixed.I’m going to release an update to the add-in soon that will include new functionality to move the data labels as a group with the alignment buttons. Mynda had a great suggestion and example where this could be useful, and I will share more details with that release.There will also be a feature to extend the arrow key and alignment button functionality to shapes (text boxes, lines, etc.) that reside inside the chart.
I will provide more details on that as well. This is a great feature and resolves the issues of placing a shape outside and on top of a chart to retain arrow key functionality.For those reading, please subscribe to the email newsletter to be notified of this updated release.Thanks again to everyone! Ok, the scenario where I get the errors is when you have a chart with a series with the values of 1,2,3 but only one of the points has a data label, and you have clicked on that data label ONCE (which to Excel means you have selected ALL data labels) and not TWICE (which to Excel means you have selected the individual data label).I’m not a fan of the use of toggle button. I initially didn’t realise it was in fact a toggle button, and thought it was just a text box messagewhich didn’t make sense.I would suggest you instead use radio buttons with the options worded as explicitly as possible:. Move selected element by this many points using arrow keys:Increment (pts). Move selected element to edge of chart, less this margin:Margin (pts).
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