/text/schart/01/04020000.xhp chart legends; hiding hiding;chart legends Legend Opens the Legend dialog, which allows you to change the position of legends in the chart, and to specify whether the legend is displayed.

To show or hide a legend, click Legend On/Off on the Formatting bar. Icon Legend On/Off Display Specifies whether to display a legend for the chart. This option is only visible if you call the dialog by choosing Insert - Legend. Position Select the position for the legend: Left Positions the legend at the left of the chart. Top Positions the legend at the top of the chart. Right Positions the legend at the right of the chart. Bottom Positions the legend at the bottom of the chart. Text Orientation This feature is only available if complex text layout support is enabled in %PRODUCTNAME - PreferencesTools - Options - Language settings - Languages. Text Direction Specify the text direction for a paragraph that uses complex text layout (CTL). This feature is only available if complex text layout support is enabled. Overlay Specifies whether the legend should overlap the chart. Turning off this option is useful if you want to display the legend above an empty part of the chart area instead of beside it. This way the drawing area can fill the whole chart area, increasing its readability.