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Selecting a chart type, Editing chart data – Apple Pages User Manual

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Chapter 9

Creating Charts

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Selecting a Chart Type

Pages provides eight types of charts to choose from, including bar charts, line charts,

area charts, and pie charts. Once you’ve placed a chart on a page, you can change its

type and format it using the Chart Inspector.

To open the Chart Inspector:

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Choose View > Show Inspector (or click Inspector in the toolbar) and then click the

Chart Inspector button.

To select a chart type, do one of the following:
 Choose Format > Chart > [chart type].

 In the Chart Inspector, choose a chart from the chart type pop-up menu.

Editing Chart Data

To edit chart data, open the Chart Data Editor and enter your data by typing it or by

copying and pasting from Excel, AppleWorks, or other spreadsheet applications.

To open the Chart Data Editor:

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Select the Chart you want to edit.

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Choose Format > Chart > Show Data Editor (or click Edit Data in the Chart Inspector).

Choose from eight
different chart types in
the Chart Inspector.

The Chart Inspector
button