Unable to edit Waterfall Chart in MS PowerPoint - 2016 effectively

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_{Tuesday, December 5, 2017 11:29 AM}

Hi,

I am not getting enough options to format waterfall chart (in MS PowerPoint - 2016).

eg:

1. To rotate axis labels, (No axis options are enabled)

2. Moreover I am even unable to change size of plot area. If I have longer text as x-axis labels, they some times get converted to dotted lines because of space constraint, that time have to change the plot area size, which I am unable to do.

Please suggest if there is any other way in new version to make these changes.

Regards,

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_{Thursday, December 7, 2017 9:52 AM ✅Answered}

Hi Vishal,

Thanks for your feedback.

Yes, I can reproduce your issue for Waterfall chart in Excel 2016. We cannot rotate the Axis label, the setting is grayed out for Waterfall chart:

As for changing the size of plot area, please change the Chart area as a workaround. 

Maybe this is a limitation for Waterfall chart currently. If you change to change the plot area and rotate Axis for Chart, consider to use the Clustered Column chart to have a try.

Additionally, you can also submit the feedback in Excel Suggestion Box:
https://excel.uservoice.com/forums/304921-excel-for-windows-desktop-application 
Please be assured that any improvements in the product are based on users' requirements. Our developers strive to capture Microsoft users' ideas and are working hard to create a more powerful and easy-to-use product :)

Regards,

Winnie Liang

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_{Wednesday, December 6, 2017 6:44 AM}

Hi Vishal85Naik,

This forum(Excel for Developers) is for development issues related to Excel Object Model and your problem is more related to PowerPoint product feature, so I would move this thread into Office 2013 and Office 365 ProPlus - IT Pro General Discussions.
Thanks for your understanding.
Best Regards,
Terry

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