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Chapter 9

Creating Charts

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To add grid labels and tick marks along the X-axis, choose an option from the X-Axis

pop-up menu. The menu for a column chart looks like this:

4

To add grid labels and tick marks to the Y-axis, choose an option from the Y-Axis pop-

up menu. Here’s what the menu looks like for a column chart:

Formatting the Elements in a Data Series

You can use a variety of visual effects to enhance the appearance of data series

elements.

To add data point labels:

1

Select the chart or an element in a data series.

For all chart types except pie charts, selecting one element (such as a bar) of a series

automatically selects the full series. For pie charts, you can select individual wedges.

2

In the Chart Inspector, click the Series button.

3

Choose Show Value from the Data Point Label pop-up menu.

Place tick marks along
the X-axis.

Show or hide the
X-axis gridlines.

Set the text direction for
the series axis labels.

Show or hide series
axis labels.

Place tick marks along
the Y-axis.

Show or hide the Y-axis
gridlines.

Show or hide value axis
labels.