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Only the thousands portion of the values in the axis should be displayed. In the Type box, enter a zero followed by a comma.The Number tab of the Format Axis dialog box. Make sure the Number tab is displayed.

(If double-clicking doesn't work, right-click the axis and choose Format Axis from the resulting Context menu.) You should see the Format Axis dialog box.

Double-click the axis you want to scale.

Create your chart as you normally would.

You can very easily change the axis scale by simply modifying how the values on the axis are displayed. A note could then be made in a label that indicates the axis values are displayed in thousands. For instance, if the values along an axis ranged from 0 to 80,000, you may want to have only the thousands portion of each value displayed on the axis. It is very common for charts to use some sort of "shorthand" for values placed along an axis.