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 . 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 . Then, select a zoomed region by dragging the mouse pointer.

  

  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 ), 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.

  

• 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 . 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.

  

• 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.