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Creating charts from data
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4. If you’re creating a quick chart and it contains summary data, you can click the Summary
menu in the Chart inspector and select a different summary type. See
Summary types for
charts.
5. Enter the following settings:
6. If you are charting multi-series data, select Show Legend to display a legend in the chart.
To change labels in the legend, edit the Series Name and click outside the text box.
7. To set axis options, see Formatting and scaling chart axes.
8. To change the color scheme, legend appearance, or font style, click Style in the Chart
inspector. See
Changing the look of a chart.
9. Click Print or Save as Layout (quick charts) or Done (Layout mode charts) to finish the
chart. See
Creating quick charts or Creating and editing charts in Layout mode.
Data
Click to specify a data series for the x-axis. This is the data you are
comparing (for example, company name).
For Y-Axis
(Vertical)
Do this
Title
Type a title or click , choose Specify Field Name or Specify Calculation,
complete the dialog box, and click OK.
Data
Click to specify a data series for the y-axis.
• To specify an additional data series for the y-axis, click Add a Y Series,
then repeat this step to complete the Series Name (title) and Data settings.
• To specify another y-axis series, click +.
• To remove a data series from the y-axis, select the series, then click –.
• To change the order of the y-axis data series, drag items in the list.
• You can enter up to 12 data series on the y-axis.
Notes
• Bar and stacked bar charts: The y-axis is the data you are comparing.
• Stacked column chart: For an effective comparison, specify more than one
y-series.
• Area chart: In a multi-series area chart, the layered order of the data series
reflects the order in which y-series are defined in the Chart Setup dialog
box. The first series in the list appears on top followed by the next series in
the list.
Symbol
(Line charts)
Choose a symbol to mark each data point in the chart, or choose None to hide
symbols. Symbol color in the final chart is determined by the color scheme
setting in the Styles area of the Chart inspector. See
Changing the look of a
chart.
For X-Axis
(Horizontal)
Do this