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# 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 access this command...

Choose \<emph\>Insert - Legend\</emph\>(Charts)

Choose \<emph\>Format - Legend - Position\</emph\> tab (Charts)

To show or hide a legend, click Legend On/Off on the Formatting bar.

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 LibreOffice - 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.