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Altering Plot and Chart Appearances
Adding Minor Tick Marks
To add tick marks to a numeric axis, or to change the number of minor tick marks that appear on a
numeric axis:
1 Double-click the tick mark. Or right-click it and select Axis Settings. The Axis Specification
window appears.
2 In the box beside # Minor Ticks, type the number of minor tick marks you want to appear between
major tick marks. See Figure 6.37.
3 Click the box to the right of Minor and below Tickmark to indicate that you want the tick marks to
appear on the axis. See Figure 6.37.
Figure 6.37 Changing the Number of Minor Tick Marks
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To set default minor tick marks for a variable, which avoids making this change every time you run an
analysis, see “Changing Columns’ Default Axis Settings,” p. 152.
Adjusting the Field Width of Labels
On plots and charts that contain a numeric axis area, you can adjust the width of the tick mark labels so
that they show large values with many decimal places or only a small amount of space/truncated values.
If the field width is set too small, your tick mark labels will appear as an ellipsis (three periods).
To change the field width while viewing a graph:
1 Double-click a numeric axis. Or, right-click and select Axis Settings. The Axis Specification
window appears.
2 In the Field Width text box, type the number of characters needed to accommodate the largest
number of digits or characters you think the new column could have. The maximum field width is