User`s guide

Working with 3D Chart Containers

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4. Adjust the values for the chart type until you are satisfied.

For parameter descriptions, see “Chart Tab” on page 295.

Formatting Charts

Once you have selected the chart type, you can format it as you like. You can set color, orient

the chart, set the font, position the legend and so on. Depending on the type of 3D chart you

select different options are available.

While the bar graph, line graph and area charts can represent two dimensional table data, the

pie chart uses only one row of numbers.

Orienting your Chart

You can easily orient the 3D chart from the Chart tab in the Controls window.

To Do This

Stack bars on top of each other.

Stacked Bars are almost a distinct chart type.

Set Start Range, Use Logarithmic Scale, all

Values parameters and the Spacing in Series

parameter don’t have any affect when this option

is selected.

Select Stacked Bars.

Create a horizontal bar graph instead of a vertical bar

graph.

Only the Bar Graph type includes this option.

Select Horizontal Bars.

Reverse the direction of the bars.

The Pie Chart does not include this option.

Select Invert Direction

Orient the chart to include rows or columns as a series. The Pie Chart does not have this option as it only includes

one row of data.

There are two options:

Invert Bars

unselected

Invert Bars

selected