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 or 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.
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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%.
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Press SHIFT and select a region on a diagram.
After you press SHIFT and the mouse pointer is changed to . Then select a region by clicking and dragging.
After releasing the left mouse button, a chart is zoomed into the bounds of the selected region on a diagram.
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This feature is available for 2D charts only. |
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Use CTRL+PLUS SIGN.
In this case, the magnification factor is 120%.
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Use the mouse wheel.
In this case, the magnification factor is 120%.
Note that 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.
Zoom Out of a Chart
To zoom out of a chart, do one of the following.
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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%.
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Use CTRL+MINUS SIGN.
In this case, the magnification factor is 120%.
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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.
