User Guide

Chapter 7 Creating Charts from Data 13 5
To draw a chart, rst select the table cells you want the chart to reference, and then m
hold down the Option key as you click Charts in the toolbar. Choose a chart type.
When the pointer changes into a crosshair, drag the crosshair across the canvas to
create a chart that’s the size you want. To constrain the chart’s proportions, hold down
the Shift key as you drag.
To learn how to Go to
Change a chart’s type “Changing a Chart from One Type to Another” on
page 135
Move a chart “Moving a Chart” on page 136
Modify a chart’s data series “Switching Table Rows and Columns for Chart
Data Series” on page 137
“Replacing or Reordering Data Series in a
Chart” on page 13 8
Change the data shown in a chart “Adding More Data to an Existing Chart” on
page 137
“Removing Data from a Chart” on page 13 9
“Including Hidden Table Data in a Chart” on
page 13 8
Remove a chart “Deleting a Chart” on page 140
Copy a chart into a Keynote or Pages document
and keep the chart up to date as data changes
“Sharing Charts with Pages and Keynote
Documents” on page 140
Changing a Chart from One Type to Another
You can change a chart’s type anytime you like. Some chart types, however, use the
row and column data dierently, as described below.
To change a chart from one type to another:
1 Select the chart.
2 Do one of the following:
From the pop-up menu at the left end of the format bar, choose a chart type. Â
Control-click the chart, choose Chart Type from the pop-up menu, and select a chart Â
type from the submenu.
Click Inspector in the toolbar, click the Chart inspector button, and then choose Â
a chart type from the pop-up menu that appears when you click the chart icon in
the upper left.
If you switch to a pie chart, the rst data point in each series is represented as a wedge.
If you switch to a scatter chart, each point in the chart requires two values. If the chart
is based on an odd number of rows or columns, the last row or column isn’t plotted.