[Upstream] [hardy] No Secondary Y Axis Labels

Bug #153808 reported by grantk
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OpenOffice
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openoffice.org (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
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Bug Description

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There is no option to insert an axis label for a secondary Y axis. There is not much point of having a secondary Y axis if you can't label it with proper units. This would be a nice feature for a future release.

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Chris Cheney (ccheney) wrote :

I can't determine how to make it let me even insert a secondary x or y axis, when I tried insert axes it showed them grayed out (not selectable). Can you walk me through the steps on how to make it let me use that feature, so I can see if the bug exists on the new version I am using.

Thanks,

Chris Cheney

Changed in openoffice.org:
status: New → Incomplete
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grantk (grantk) wrote :

I create an x-y chart with two different data series plotted on it. There are two ways (that I know of) to insert a secondary X or Y axis. First, double click the chart to enable editing.
1) Insert->Axes...->Secondary Axes X or Y checkboxes
Then...
2) Double click the data series to display on the secondary axis. In the "Data Series" dialogue, select the "Options" tab, then "Align Data Series to Second Y Axis" (you can skip step 1 and just do this instead).

OpenOffice 2.3.1 will display the axis number labels fine on the secondary axes, however there is no option in the Format->Title menu to add an axis label to an of the Secondary Axes. This is a very important feature for most engineering applications, and I can't imagine it be a complicated fix (although I'm not a programmer, so really I wouldn't know).

For example, I would like to display some plant performance data on one chart for a mineral processing plant at a mine. The primary Y axis would would be Milled Tonnage (tonnes), and the primary X axis would be the Mineral Grade (% metal). The secondary Y axis would be used to display a Process Recovery (%) vs Mineral Grade curve. The problem is that there is currently no way to create the secondary Y axis label to show that it is displaying Recovery information.

Chris Cheney (ccheney)
Changed in openoffice.org:
status: Incomplete → New
Chris Cheney (ccheney)
Changed in openoffice.org:
importance: Undecided → Low
status: New → Confirmed
Changed in openoffice:
status: Unknown → Fix Released
Chris Cheney (ccheney)
Changed in openoffice.org:
status: Confirmed → Triaged
Chris Cheney (ccheney)
Changed in openoffice.org:
status: Triaged → Fix Released
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