Padding space between graphs and Y axis

[New Daddy]

If you want to pad some space between the line graphs and the Y axis, what do you do?
I inserted fictitious columns with no data before the first data column and after the last data column, which seem to do the jub. But there must be a better way.

[sdckapr]

Under format Axis for the X-Axis, under Axis Options, I check the option to position Axis "Between tick marks" so the points are centered on the lables not at the ends of the chart.

Steve

[HansV]

As Steve notes, when you format the x-axis, you can specify whether the vertical axis crosses on the tick marks or between them:

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In the screenshot below, 1. shows "on tick marks" and 2. shows "between tick marks":

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[New Daddy]

As Steve notes, when you format the x-axis, you can specify whether the vertical axis crosses on the tick marks or between them:

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In the screenshot below, 1. shows "on tick marks" and 2. shows "between tick marks":

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Ok, that will kind of achieve what I want. But what if I want those tick marks to sit right on top of the labels (a, b, c, etc., in your example)? Is there a way to have your cake and eat it too here?

[HansV]

Nah, you'd have to add one or more blank entries, as you've been doing.