Comments on: Category Labels That Don’t Overlap the Data http://peltiertech.com/WordPress/category-labels-that-dont-overlap-the-data/ Peltier Tech Excel Charts and Programming Blog Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:37:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Jon Peltier http://peltiertech.com/WordPress/category-labels-that-dont-overlap-the-data/comment-page-1/#comment-41954 Jon Peltier Wed, 06 Oct 2010 20:40:58 +0000 http://peltiertech.com/WordPress/?p=1848#comment-41954 Jeff - Y1+Delta and Y2-Delta aren't exactly right, but I got it right in the code I posted under the other article: Y1+(Delta-Abs(Y1-Y2))/2 Y2-(Delta-Abs(Y1-Y2))/2 Jeff -

Y1+Delta and Y2-Delta aren’t exactly right, but I got it right in the code I posted under the other article:
Y1+(Delta-Abs(Y1-Y2))/2
Y2-(Delta-Abs(Y1-Y2))/2

]]> By: Jeff Weir http://peltiertech.com/WordPress/category-labels-that-dont-overlap-the-data/comment-page-1/#comment-41950 Jeff Weir Wed, 06 Oct 2010 20:00:05 +0000 http://peltiertech.com/WordPress/?p=1848#comment-41950 That's a great back-door approach! And kinda obvious given the 'opposite' approach you mention in your post. I feel like I should have put 2 plus 2 together myself on this one :-) Thanks Jon That’s a great back-door approach! And kinda obvious given the ‘opposite’ approach you mention in your post. I feel like I should have put 2 plus 2 together myself on this one :-)
Thanks Jon

]]> By: Jon Peltier http://peltiertech.com/WordPress/category-labels-that-dont-overlap-the-data/comment-page-1/#comment-41905 Jon Peltier Wed, 06 Oct 2010 12:24:29 +0000 http://peltiertech.com/WordPress/?p=1848#comment-41905 Hi Jeff - For specific projects I've often had algorithms for locating labels, using a hidden XY series to position the labels. Something like, if Y2>Y1 but Y2<Y1+Delta, then plot point (label) at Y1+Delta (and the other at Y2-Delta), where Delta was the minimum legible label spacing, dependent on axis scale. Hi Jeff -

For specific projects I’ve often had algorithms for locating labels, using a hidden XY series to position the labels. Something like, if Y2>Y1 but Y2<Y1+Delta, then plot point (label) at Y1+Delta (and the other at Y2-Delta), where Delta was the minimum legible label spacing, dependent on axis scale.

]]> By: Jeff Weir http://peltiertech.com/WordPress/category-labels-that-dont-overlap-the-data/comment-page-1/#comment-41824 Jeff Weir Wed, 06 Oct 2010 00:19:47 +0000 http://peltiertech.com/WordPress/?p=1848#comment-41824 I love your 'opposite' approach, Jon. Somehow I missed this post when you posted it last year, and since then I've needlessly been using textboxes to display chart labels purely so I could have the flexibility to drag them out of the way. But this is way cooler. Do you by any chance have a tutorial on here somewhere that deals with overlapping series labels? I've got a couple of charts that I've used your 'label last point' macro (excel 2007) in, but sometimes the two labels overlap. I love your ‘opposite’ approach, Jon. Somehow I missed this post when you posted it last year, and since then I’ve needlessly been using textboxes to display chart labels purely so I could have the flexibility to drag them out of the way. But this is way cooler.

Do you by any chance have a tutorial on here somewhere that deals with overlapping series labels? I’ve got a couple of charts that I’ve used your ‘label last point’ macro (excel 2007) in, but sometimes the two labels overlap.

]]> By: ggplot2: Positioning Of Barplot Category Labels « Learning R http://peltiertech.com/WordPress/category-labels-that-dont-overlap-the-data/comment-page-1/#comment-14731 ggplot2: Positioning Of Barplot Category Labels « Learning R Mon, 01 Jun 2009 12:46:23 +0000 http://peltiertech.com/WordPress/?p=1848#comment-14731 [...] 2009 June 1 tags: barplot, business, chart, excel, ggplot2, plot, R by learnr Jon Peltier demonstrates two ways of labeling a bar chart when some values are positive and others [...] [...] 2009 June 1 tags: barplot, business, chart, excel, ggplot2, plot, R by learnr Jon Peltier demonstrates two ways of labeling a bar chart when some values are positive and others [...]

]]> By: Primo http://peltiertech.com/WordPress/category-labels-that-dont-overlap-the-data/comment-page-1/#comment-13572 Primo Fri, 01 May 2009 07:50:35 +0000 http://peltiertech.com/WordPress/?p=1848#comment-13572 I loved Harvard Graphics - I used a DOS version for years after I switched to Windows, I couldn't understand why anyone would use Excel for drawing graphs. The Microsoft Graph program that Excel used was very basic and produced the ugliest graphs I've ever seen. And there was an add-on that extended the graph types to (as I remember) way beyond what Excel does now. I loved Harvard Graphics – I used a DOS version for years after I switched to Windows, I couldn’t understand why anyone would use Excel for drawing graphs. The Microsoft Graph program that Excel used was very basic and produced the ugliest graphs I’ve ever seen. And there was an add-on that extended the graph types to (as I remember) way beyond what Excel does now.

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