think-cell 5.3 – User Guide

either by the user or by a same scale operation (see
Same scale on the next page).
Add Break Add a break at the current mouse pointer
position (see Value axis break on this page).
Set Crosses At/Between Categories Alter the
crossing behavior for a line chart.
Value axis break
In menu: Segment, axis, line, area
Menu item:
Use a value axis break to shrink a particularly large segment
and enhance readability for the smaller segments.
To add a value axis break, click the part of the segment
or axis where you want the break to go and open
the context menu. When adding a value axis break, the
exact position where you right-click a segment or axis
makes a difference.
Any break you insert applies to the value axis (if shown)
and to all segments sharing the same range of the axis.
For this reason, you can not add a break to the axis
at any position where there is a segment border in any
of the chart’s columns. A break can only be added if
at the mouse pointer location there is some part of the
value axis big enough to display at least the two lines
that visualize the break.
This is illustrated by the following example. No break
can be added to the very top part of the second column,
because the top of the third column is too close.
However, within the range of the third column’s segment,
there is enough space for the break. Since both
columns share this range of the value axis, both segments
are broken:
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Note: If you apply the same scale operation (see Same
scale on the next page) to charts that have value axis
breaks, the breaks are automatically removed. As long
as breaks are present, it is impossible to make the selected
charts visually comparable.
Adjusting the break’s extent. You can adjust the size
of a broken segment by dragging the lines that appear
when you select the break. These lines mark the range
of the scale that is compressed to save space. Drag the
lines to determine the size of the compressed part of the
scale. If you drag a line far enough for the compressed