# y axis labels in xy plot

**URL:** <https://forum.certara.com/t/y-axis-labels-in-xy-plot/2176>\
**Category:** Phoenix WNL basics\
**Created:** [April 15, 2010, 7:33pm UTC](https://forum.certara.com/t/y-axis-labels-in-xy-plot/2176 "2010-04-15T19:33:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![tim.tippin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e36b37/32.png) [@tim.tippin](https://forum.certara.com/u/tim.tippin)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 7:33pm UTC](https://forum.certara.com/t/y-axis-labels-in-xy-plot/2176/1 "2010-04-15T19:33:50Z")

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Does anyone know how to modify the y-axis tick labels so that they don’t wrap to two lines (making a nonsenel label)? I would like to keep the font size big for readability, so am looking for something other than font size reduction. Thanks.

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**Author:** ![SimonDavis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@SimonDavis](https://forum.certara.com/u/SimonDavis)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 7:54pm UTC](https://forum.certara.com/t/y-axis-labels-in-xy-plot/2176/2 "2010-04-15T19:54:14Z")

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HI Tim, Have you tried playing with “Decoration Area Size” Under Plot - Layout tab in the graph’s Options panel? It defaults to 50, increasing it should give you more space for the axis tick mark labels. Simon. Intermediate PK/PD Modeling Methodology Using Phoenix WinNonlin. 19-22 April, Princeton, NJ. Introduction to Phoenix WinNonlin 27-29 April Mountain View, CA, IVIVC Toolkit for WinNonlin v5 - In Vivo-In Vitro Correlations, 19 May. Cary, NC. ![](http://pharsight.com/extranet/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/tick_mark_area.jpg)

 ![tick_mark_area.jpg](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/certara/original/2X/9/99e7d1d298f9fb488a63fafb7c82ddf30cb8a7f1.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![tim.tippin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e36b37/32.png) [@tim.tippin](https://forum.certara.com/u/tim.tippin)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 8:45pm UTC](https://forum.certara.com/t/y-axis-labels-in-xy-plot/2176/3 "2010-04-15T20:45:10Z")

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Hi Simon: I increased the decoration area from 30 to 90, without effect. At a decoration area of 120, the axis label didn’t fit anymore, and the tick label still didn’t stop wrapping. Thanks. Other ideas? Tim

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**Author:** ![SimonDavis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@SimonDavis](https://forum.certara.com/u/SimonDavis)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 9:17pm UTC](https://forum.certara.com/t/y-axis-labels-in-xy-plot/2176/4 "2010-04-15T21:17:52Z")

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Tim, how many characters long are your tick mark values? Are they numeric, can you express them as exponentials 2E+07? think I would have to see how your data actually looked to comment further, can you post a screen shot of an affected plot or perhaps log the issue at support with a copy of the PHXPROJ? Simon.

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**Author:** ![gilbertmina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/da6949/32.png) [@gilbertmina](https://forum.certara.com/u/gilbertmina)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2017, 11:42pm UTC](https://forum.certara.com/t/y-axis-labels-in-xy-plot/2176/5 "2017-05-29T23:42:53Z")

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Hi,

I was just wondering if someone could help me update the tick labels in the x-axis to Periods 1 and 3, respectively, and “indent” them farther to the right?

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**Author:** ![SimonDavis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@SimonDavis](https://forum.certara.com/u/SimonDavis)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2017, 10:58am UTC](https://forum.certara.com/t/y-axis-labels-in-xy-plot/2176/6 "2017-05-31T10:58:41Z")

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Hi Gilbert, i’m not sure if I can comment without seeing your data/existing plot.

Could you post your project ?

Simon.