Cathy,
Does the -alternate- option help?
. sysuse auto
. graph box mpg, over(foreign, label(alternate))
Friedrich
On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 9:37 PM, Cathy L. Antonakos <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'm using the -graph box- command with the -over- suboption, something like
> this:
>
> graph box crowd, over(newlocn, label(angle(45)))
>
> However, the bottom of the graph is clipped, so the labels along the x-axis
> (identifying the group associated with each box) appear truncated in Stata.
> If I copy and paste the graph into Word, the labels appear, but they extend
> beyond the light blue frame at the bottom of the graph.
>
> If the labels are not placed at an angle, they fit within the blue frame
> under the x-axis, but they overlap and are not legible.
>
> Is there a way to extend the blue frame around the graph, creating a wider
> blue border at the bottom of the graph so the labels will be enclosed within
> it? (I did try making the frame white, but there are stray details in the
> graph that look odd without the blue frame.)
>
> I'm ultimately trying to prepare this graph in .pdf or .eps format for
> publication.
>
> Thanks for your help!
>
> Cathy Antonakos
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